Recent content by stevet

I have owned several of Mike’s boats but have never seen a Mirage. Thanks for the post!

Ditto on the adverse conditions. Favorite is when it is snowing but there is NO wind and the flakes come silently straight down. Sooo quiet.

What got me into canoeing? When I realized it was easier to put the packs in the boat and go downhill than it was to put them on my back and go uphill. 😉 But what kept me in it was that incomparable feeling of the interplay of paddler-paddle-boat-water that results in movement that can feel at...

That jogged fond memories of traditional New Year’s Day paddles on my local central Ohio river with a group of fellow fanatics. Sometimes pretty icy paddles by the end, sometimes breaking shallow ice to continue. Ahhh memories…

Ditto

@Keeled Over Thank you.Your words have also helped me to make a decision regarding an ongoing, progressive situation. You are NOT alone.

That isn’t me as I don’t do FB. Still fairly certain Dana passes years ago.

You also want to stay in the optical zoom range as the digital range sacrifices quality. Wife uses Canon SX 60 which has been replaced by the SX70 I think. Light enough to hold steady even zoomed out. I think Nikon Cool Pix 900 series is very good too.

Check out a “bridge” camera. Some very long telephoto lenses in a compact easy to use form. https://www.audubon.org/magazine/birders-consider-bridge-camera Wife gets great results

Pretty sure it’s a snail kite. While the males are dark gray all over, females and juveniles are “streaky brown” according to the Merlin app from Cornell. If you enjoy watching birds and you don’t have this app, put it on your phone. It is amazing. You can identify birds by photo and even by...

To a dog you’re the master…to a cat you’re staff.

I must say that even before this remarkable acquisition you have quite the enviable fleet! Thanks for rescuing this piece of history.

Beautiful Marc! Thanks for the great thread.

Nice Tripper! Loved mine when I was young and could lift it 😄