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Not exactly canoe related, but I thought I'd share for fun. Just finished a 5 day bike trip on the Great Allegeny Passage rail trail and C&O Canal towpath from Pittsburg to DC. All my companions brought bikepacking setups, which are various bags strapped onto the frame of the bike. Not a lot of extra storage. Very kayaker. In typical canoeist fashion though, I brought a trailer, with plenty of room to carry pretty much anything I pleased. We had to eat lunch on the trail a couple of days rather than stopping in a town, and guess who got to carry the food for the group. 
My son got married at our place over the weekend. Brought out the canoe I made for my wedding and Honeymoon and put it to use.
Metamorphosis!
These are generally known as "photographer's canoes" so they can more easily match the color of the canoe to the background of their picture. The image at https://forums.wcha.org/attachments/32530/ and link below have some more information and other examples.
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"Specal" paint designs
You don't get the opportunity to paint a boat like this too often. In fact in 33 years this is the first time and now I have two of them in the shop at the same time from two different customers! What are the odds! The short one is a 11 ft Old Town 50lb model built in 1963. The longer one...
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An interlake marsh in Salisbury, Connecticut, last Sunday: A study in green and gray (including a graybeard).
It's starting to look like fall at 2000' in the Poconos.
My daughter took these on a paddle some years back, I'm posting them in reverse order:
It's the bridge you paddle under going from the 2nd Kanawauke lake to the 1st lake (also known as Little Long Pond).
Sadly, that beautiful 1930s CCC stonework has since been replaced by a modern ugly concrete and corrugated steel pipe, though in the same shape. The original deal when Harriman State Park took over the ownership of the road from the county was that they would face the new concrete with stones to look like the original, but of course it never happened.
It's the bridge you paddle under going from the 2nd Kanawauke lake to the 1st lake (also known as Little Long Pond).
Sadly, that beautiful 1930s CCC stonework has since been replaced by a modern ugly concrete and corrugated steel pipe, though in the same shape. The original deal when Harriman State Park took over the ownership of the road from the county was that they would face the new concrete with stones to look like the original, but of course it never happened.
I found it to be a bear.
With canoe tripping, comes portaging. My babe is 850M up there someplace. This was possibly the easiest/flattest portage of the trip. The ones through the bush were brutal given all the rain. The mud was a foot deep at times and the rocks & corduroy were super slick. First trip ever that gave us blisters on both hands & feet. Loved every minute of it.
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This is from yesterday evening in Pa. A few minutes before and after there was nothing. Sunsets at this latitude don't last very long compared to in Ak. where the can last for hours.
Musreau Lake, Grande Prairie, Alberta
I had the entire lake to myself. Approx. 15km (9.3mi) around the shoreline. It's a great 3 hour paddle with lots of wildlife to be found.
The difference a few days and a change in the winds make to the air quality. Sept 12 below and the above were 4 days later.
I had the entire lake to myself. Approx. 15km (9.3mi) around the shoreline. It's a great 3 hour paddle with lots of wildlife to be found.
The difference a few days and a change in the winds make to the air quality. Sept 12 below and the above were 4 days later.
Lovely water and (no) wind conditions, Paul. Is that a Swift Keewaydin 15 in Kevlar Fusion?
Part of canoe tripping are interesting places and sights on the drive to the water.
I suspect not many here have paddled the Cacapon River in West Virginia . . .
. . . especially from Largent, WV, where the only business is the Stoney Creek Country Store . . .
. . . and where, one day a year, you can learn about and eat pawpaws in Paw Paw.
I suspect not many here have paddled the Cacapon River in West Virginia . . .
. . . especially from Largent, WV, where the only business is the Stoney Creek Country Store . . .
. . . and where, one day a year, you can learn about and eat pawpaws in Paw Paw.
