Will Derness

Well Glenn, I'm with you on not liking the salt sludge and initial dig-out after a storm (though if we'd stop over-salting our roads the...

How about Sweet Carambola? That is the B17 variety of star fruit.

I would personally stay away from foam core, but that's because I run rivers and don't miss many rocks. The parallel to your B16 will be...

If I were over 60 and likely buying my last canoe, and if I were willing to shell out close to $4,000, and if I wanted something with...

Yale Blue catches my eye as well

I have never used tyvek inside the tent, so I can’t answer your question. My use as a foot print was to have it take the abuse from...

Tyvek is made in a light weight version that is used by kite makers. Type 1443R Tyvek. I've used it to make tent foot prints and...

On icebreaker duty last Monday.

Last night’s heavy fog coated our grove of aspens (known as white poplar in Preeceville, Saskatchewan) in sparkling rime, as seen...

Same blackwater creek I paddled yesterday and while there is fog around, it is not hanging low, dense, and mystical like New Years Day...

Morning paddle on New Years Day. Black water creek in NC

In an odd coincidence, I posted the above from an airplane, and a couple hours later the plane almost flew over Carry Brook. We passed...

Yes, I considered that when I swapped out the aluminum thwart with the wood laminate. I could get a better finger grip on the thwart...

This thread motivated me to make the effort to move the cam cleat. I took some left over thwart scraps, made a block and mounted it...

First ten plus years that we lived in interior Alaska, we didn’t live close to a power line. Off the grid they call it now. Wood stove...