Steve in Idaho's latest activity

Looks like I dodged a bullet this time. I've gotten used to being thwarted by smoke and fire, and come to expect it. How far west are...

I recognize the hurt that comes with getting beat down multiple times. I am not offering the following as a dismissal of that feeling...

IIRC, it was when I was in Custer State Park that I watched a bunch of people walk right up to grazing bison bulls and get away with it...

I was part of a college geology research team in the early 1970's when almost every weekend we visited a certain county in NYS that is...

I got rabies shots last year. Not a very big deal anymore (other than the cost). I shot a stray cat after it unexpectedly attacked me...

My first day of instruction with Jimmy Yokum at NOC he made me tip my canoe over.

Got her properly broken in.

The seat worked well, the sleeping pad as a kneeling pad did not. It slides around too much. I will probably order an actually...

When my kids and nephews and nieces were younger, and me as well, we would practice capsize recovery every year. The kids got pretty...

@NoelCanoeDad should be able to comment on this. I’ve seen a bunch of his young girls paddling small solo canoes. The Curtis ladybugs...

Great information. I’m in that mess around and get used to it phase for sure. I envision kneeling mostly for when I want to cross some...

It is a great idea. When I built my first sliding pedestal seat I made a large tractor seat for it. When I did my first capsize tests...

It is frightening to feel my feet snag momentarily under a seat during a capsize. I learned not to lean back during the capsize (which...

I would always recommend finding calm water, a spotter, wear your PFD and empty your boat of anything you don't want to lose and play...

I don't think they were acting irresponsibly either, just the wrong place at the wrong time. That being said, there was a point in the...