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I drove up to Errol NH from NW CT several days ago and met two older paddling friends. We were staying the first night at the campground...

As the Man in Black said, “get used to disappointment.” I swung past LLB today - it was slammed so I didn’t try to find a parking spot...

I just spent 3 nights at a cabin on Kidney Pond in Baxter State Park, Maine. I spent many hours drinking tea on the front porch...

Not just high-end... Online retailers make it tough for any brick & mortar store. To survive, they all have to focus their energy (and...

They just re-opened the flagship store in Freeport this week after a $50M renovation. I have a hard time believing they aren’t carrying...

Some photos form the past couple weeks. Sunset on Kathleen Lake, Kluane Park, Yukon, Canada: Nice morning down the road:

This paddling season I have done most of my paddling on my local lake in the evening. In the past I was typically a morning paddler but...

Monday, July 20 - Day 8: We have neglected to speak of the pie since its introduction some days ago. "Pie fixes everything" is the...

Summary of Week One It's been an exciting week but not without some downsides. It's been cool for mid-July, overnight temps were down...

Our group just returned from a trip that has become tradition; it’s our fourth straight year heading up to the boundary waters. Much of...

Sunday, July 18 (Day 7) It wasn't raining when we woke up, cloud cover was essentially 100% with the odd tiny patch of blue sky from...

This one is from a couple nights ago. It's cool how what seems to be just an ordinary night can turn out like this.

dang cat scratched our canoe.