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yixak, Just had lunch with a good friend from Fairbanks. He is showing a slide show of his ascent of Denali in 1970. 32 days on the...

I hadn't planned to go to the BW this year, but when my favorite nephew David and his friend Eric invited me along - how could I say no...

As a former aerodynamic loads engineer, one canoe on a roof can be quite aerodynamic (it does depend on the shape of the vehicle), but 2...

My little Ford Connect van takes a fuel economy hit when there’s a boat racked. Many factors at play, particularly air temps, so it’s...

Doesn't matter where you are. In my experience as soon as the clothes come off a canoe rounds the corner. At least that's how it always...

I made the cover of the Copper River Journal with a canoe on the Gulkana River back in the mid 90s. But you are right, it doesn't happen...

Not every day does the local paper picture a canoe above the fold.

That looks like a much better canoe trailer that what I tried last summer. The fellow at the local bike shop said, "I used to work in...

Like so much else of mine...DIY, though I started with one of those bike trailers for two little kids...a heavily-used one; I just...