Recent content by yixak

Hi John, Austin has a funny place in my canoe-related memories which I want to share. My wife and I ordered a PakBoats folding canoe several years ago. They were having free shipping within the continental US as a year end promotion. We live in AK so that didn't apply to us but we were planning...

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I've never tried tying the paddles in. Thanks for the recommendation. I had remembered the portage as 1 mile. Caltopo has it as 1.5mi:

Are you required to pay if you're willing to carry? Diablo to Ross in 2021 was my first ever portage. That said, we were a day or two before the paid portage system started for the year so even if it were required it wasn't available at the time. The portage trail is a well maintained forest...

Thanks for all the thoughtful and well researched responses!

I was gifted this picture about a year ago based on my interest in canoeing. I was curious about the paddling technique where the hand on the top of the paddle wraps around the shaft. I guess there's no grip on the top of the paddle? At first I thought it might have been a thing for these...

Reminds me of the Polyester vs Nylon section of Dan Durston's tent website: https://durstongear.com/pages/materials After reading several years ago I was surprised that I couldn't find any mainstream tent manufacturers who used polyester.

There is a campground (reserveable on reservations.gov) with a water pump and toilet. There's a 1 - 1.5mi ADA accessible trail to the campground from the whistle stop and the glacial lake is just after that. Trail continues on the north side of the lake and up to a cabin. Lots a hikers stop by...

We just toodled around in the lake. Not close enough to the glacier to worry about calving. Introduced the nieces to canoeing which they enjoyed (picture attached). Floating out the Placer is a future goal though. Some in-laws recently rafted it and said it was gentle. Sounds good!

We may have over-compensated on that portability by buying a PakCanoe 165. It's definitely nice not to have a sail on the top of the car on windy road-trip days. It fit on the train to Spencer glacier too. Portages are a breeze, though there's a funny bounce with each step as the frame poles...

I have a portaging story from the Lynx Lake Loop also related to the portage harness. My canoe at the time was a Coleman "Scanoe" without a motor (94lbs, no portage yoke under the balance point). We were going to go to Eklutna for an overnight but the weather didn't look nice as we were...

@Alasgun Any tips on getting fish out of the net while in the canoe? I caught my limit from the south beach at the mouth of the Kenai on Satuday in about 2.5hrs. It was my second time dipnetting and it was wild having fish run so thick that they were bumping into me while I was holding the net...

Alpackaraft was using goats to promote their boats which seem a good but less durable than canoes: https://alpackaraft.com/blog/whatever-floats-your-goat

I used to live near Seattle and got into canoeing when my then girlfriend (now wife) got me to go on a trip with her to Ross Lake [1]. I'm still very much a beginner canoeist but it was was so much fun (despite some portage induced tears) that we went back for another trip shortly thereafter...

Rivers Running Free US a collection of stories of womens' canoe trips, some in the early 1900s. Some are full stories other excerpts. I think most are best described as adjacent to your criteria than exactly fitting it. Enjoyable read none the less.