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I had planned to canoe the Allagash River from Churchill Dam to Allagash Village, starting on September 30th. However, with the flow at...

This thing has had a bit of a workout now so I thought I'd give one final update. I used 3/16" strips with 6oz E-glass on the outer...

I am intimately familiar with odors caused by prolonged exposure to biologics. If the odor is microbial, this stuff is the best I have...

Pre-trip Preparations Without our usual paddling partners, we had immense flexibility in trip timing. My son is homeschooled, so not...

Sometime in the past three years, likely as the result of some Canoecopia presentation or perhaps the River Kings Namekagon video...

On October 5-9, 2025, I paddled various parts of the Pine Barrens prior to the Pine Barrens Functional Freestyle Canoeing Workshop...

In October 2025 in the New Jersey Pine Barrens, open canoes paddle through a canopy tunnel of coloring leaves and then disappear into...

This week on the Namekagon

Wet, lichen covered rocks, are always a hazard for me as well. Shoe soles come in many different configurations, some of which are more...

The thing I like about Mount Hagens is that it doesn't have the usual bitter taste that instant coffee normally had. And I'm not on...

Whenever I am contemplating a new purchase, I check this guy's channel to see if he has a video covering the subject. Whaddya know....

For Day 2 we picked a short popular run on the Current, Pulltite to Round Spring. This is a shorter 8 mi section because at this point...

This year marks the 28th year that Dad and I have gone down to the Ozark National Scenic Riverways to “float”. For about the last 15...

Huh, there was a thread on BWCA.com about that plane and how it circled the lake for a while and then landed. The poster said the pilot...

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