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Ditto. Definitely looking forward to hearing about more Megiscane misadventures!

After thinking for the third time, "Surely this is the end of the rapids and lac Octavie will appear around the next bend," the water...

Renaming your POD Toad Hall.

August 29 - Day 10 Distance: 14.7km (Total 148.4km) Time: 4hr 15m Caltopo Map: https://caltopo.com/m/B8MTMST I stepped out at...

Ah, well. Perhaps best left to our imaginations…

2025 has been an odd year for me in regards to getting out. My annual Canadian trip was preempted by my niece’s wedding in Oregon and...

No pictures of the two jet skiers….???

In Maine, you only have to register a boat (of any kind) if you are putting an engine on it. It's like a license plate - they want to...

Me and Duke in his prime - on the St John 2006, Bonaventure 2007, New River Gorge 2007

August 28 - Day 9 Distance: 15.2km (Total 133.7km) Time: 4hr 38m Caltopo Map: https://caltopo.com/m/B8MTMST I woke just after 6:00am...

If they send you the serial #, the last two digits will be the year it was produced, and you could probably determine the model with a...

August 27 - Day 8 Distance: 29.3km (Total 118.5km) Time: 8hr 37m Caltopo Map: https://caltopo.com/m/B8MTMST I was up and active at...

Just finished Is A River Alive? , recently published by Robert Macfarlane. He seeks to answer the title’s question from a philosophical...

For those of us who have been around for a while, the evolution (devolution?) of myccr has been an interesting spectacle. It was the...

Have always just stirred coffee into a pot of boiling water, let it steep a few minutes, then thump the pot on the ground, give it a...