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Successful journey & great TR. I’d like to challenge any future paddler who tries to recreate this trip to see if they can make a CostCo chicken last longer….

Merry, merry to all.

St Croix is a bunch of fun - quick trip, good fishing, plenty of camps, low-consequence little rapids. St John was a bit dull - pretty, remote, much longer - but, ultimately, dull. Two rapids on the whole 7-8 day trip. Happy to provide details if interested.

Was never afraid of ww. A little nervousness long, long ago. No lessons. Mostly bulled my way through, and learned from other paddlers while I was doing it. Swam a lot in a XL12 in WV spring run-off rivers. First nasty washing machine experience makes you listen closer to what the old guys...

Though you've heard otherwise, size does matter. Recped's XL14 is packed pretty tight with his tripping gear. My Moisie has quite a bit more room. And despite trying to fill the void with bags of booze, coolers of meat, croquet sets, and the bug hut, I still have space for an end air bag fore...

Oh, my… Did they drop you on the Kekek?

I’ve got the willing friends - maybe I can convince the State we need to recreate the journey….

As a historian, I occasionally have the rare luck of combining work with pleasure - today I was able to take the time to go down a 200-year old paddling rabbit hole. It seems that in 1820, after becoming a state, Maine charged Major Joseph Treat to help with surveying the "wilderness." Led by...

Strong dark maduro cigars & scotch. Lots of scotch. And gin. And often rum. I like to sip my dessert.

Ok, so we all know the Toronto bluebirds are playing in the special baseball series or whatever it is - and between the silly games and your addiction to the Circus (which I recognize is a terribly disturbing and distracting clown show at the moment) I understand that your attention is...

Love the guerrilla tape patch job. Glad to see that’s an internationally known solution!

It's certainly an acquired taste. Luckily, my mentors instilled the crack-of-noon paddling discipline into me in my formative years, so Recped and I jived at first blush. Been duck-soup since...

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

Ah, well. Perhaps best left to our imaginations…

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