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Sorry to hear your tale of woe Art. I know the shop you are talking about and I am a bit surprised that you had such trouble. If you...

I wanted to offer an update on this canoe. Warning: it will containing some whining. So having a little bit of extra cash, I took the...

I ran across this "old school" -transcribed from VHS - video on YouTube. Perhaps because I'm old, I really enjoyed it. Paddling and...

What is it about the proverbial "shore lunch"? We end up in great places with no one around and enjoy a break from exertion and...

I've done trips up to six weeks, mostly with summer camps, and I don't think I've ever traveled with food that you can't get at a...

I too make my food from dry goods. Dehydrated burger ( venison), mixed with hamburger helper. Knorr rice sides with dehydrated burger...

I stop and make it fresh. I like paddling long days so I almost always stop to cook lunch. It's often my favorite meal of the day.

(sigh) If only her canoe paddling son would have pulled me over on the way to Ontario last Fall... maybe I'd have avoided the ticket...

I was about to leave a rest stop in Southern Maryland when an elderly couple pulled in next to me. The old woman on the passenger side...

Moss Parawing goes on every trip. It works for shade but has saved some trips by provding a place to cook in the rain and a gathering...

Gosh, did everybody stop reading after Christmas???? I learned about this book from a reference in Garrett Conover's Beyond the Paddle...

This is more on the sad story of the safe & effective lyme vaccine that isn't made anymore...

Bears, sharks, snakes, hippopotamus. All are animals you could possibly encounter while canoeing or camping. If you do encounter them...

I just returned from 5 nights in Algonquin, those "hut booties" are my favourite footwear for in the hot tent, they keep my feet dry and...