Recent content by Steve in Idaho

What happens when one of these biophobia people gets thrown together with a furry?

Kind of a hard question for me to answer definitively. My family had no connection with boats of any kind. When I was about ten, I went to a summer kid's camp at a lake in the Sierras outside of Grass Valley. There was a fleet of aluminum canoes there, which we all were going to get some...

Well I already mentioned my Bowron Lakes trip. Everything else is tentative and depending on other obligations. But there are a few things I'm considering. More time in Eastern Idaho and Western Wyoming, which might include the upper Green, the Yellowstone, or the south fork of the Snake. High...

Yeah, I fell for it too. Anyway... happy New Year! Waiting for it to either stop raining or start snowing. Meanwhile I'm sitting by the fire.

I was gonna ask if it comes with a magnifying glass. :)

Look at 1982/1983. What a winter that was! I long for another.

It's also not always about vast wilderness. Or even wilderness by any definition. I find solitude on the local lakes and rivers, simply by taking my canoe into the places others can't or won't go - which is easy, considering the limitations of motors and even double blades. It's part of what is...

I have loved maps ever since I could read. All adventure planning begins with maps. My professional career relied heavily on maps. I don't understand people who can't or won't read maps. My favorites are USGS survey maps, of which I have a huge collection - many with notations from observation...

For myself? Nothing. For my son who lives in the frozen wasteland - Kahtoola Microspikes. Fantastic gear, if you have the need.

With the right people, a small group is nice. But those people are rarely available. I'm so used to doing my adventures alone that I expect it. And frankly I prefer it most of the time because I can choose the direction and the pace without disappointing anyone.

I never have figured out how to use snotel in a meaningful way. I rely heavily on these two sites... https://www.nwrfc.noaa.gov/rfc/ https://www.usbr.gov/pn/hydromet/select.html For the Owyhees though, I mostly just look out to the southwest of me and listen to the locals ;)

I've been wanting to go do the Bowron Circuit for over six years. Things conspired against that plan early on, as this thread marked historically. That was followed by unrelated health and family issues that took some time to resolve. While I'm not at my pre-covid level of fitness, I'm back in...

Just a little heads up.... Snowpack in the Owyhee River watershed is not looking good this winter so far.

Ppine, how many days did that trip take?

A review of this thread shows me that I must have assumed the Reflection to be the 16' version. So what I said about the Penobscot being easier to lift and carry wouldn't apply to that boat.