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I've accepted having wet feet and quite like spending time in the water. Except a) around camp, and b) trekking the portages. In those situations I've usually resorted to warm dry socks and waterproof shoes. In all but the boggiest places I've managed to keep dry comfortable feet this way. To me...

The book I'm into right now is, but isn't, a canoeing book. But it is. Healthy Aging by Andrew Weil, MD. "A lifelong guide to your physical and spiritual well-being." I bought this way back when I was 50. I might've posted this back then but I can't really remember. My failing memory is just...

I'm finding this build interesting. Makes sense that thinner plys are more flexible, and that layered grains of differing orientations add strength. Like plywood? I wonder if wetted wood attains less glue bond than dry? How important is glue absorption?

We've always carried them on our PFDs. I gave the kids additional ones for day hikes. When you think about it whistles are an ingenious hands-free device for signaling in an emergency. IIRC they are a required piece of kit here where I live and play. I never thought about comparative whistle...

Here's an enjoyable trip. "A good time was had by all."

I'd heard of R.M. Patterson and his Dangerous River book, but had no idea he'd settled down to ranching for a time in his life. That is until I came across Buffalo Head in an antiques shop in the little town of Nanton Alberta on a family trip there several years ago. It seemed a coincidence too...

Our house was broken into several years ago and the little twerps cleaned us out of all that was of any pawn shop value including a really nice camera. I decided to replace that DSLR with a water proof point and shoot. I suppose the Olympus Tough 820 (?) is a bit better than a p&s but it...

That's a great looking pack Art D. Really nice work.

Wise words from Obi-Wan Chatobi.

Chip, Chip, Chip. Repeat after me. It was like this when I got here.

I'm thinking this Chatty GPT should become our writer in residence.

Don't fall for the "brushing my teeth" thing. This guy looks rabid.

The Caribbean sailing trip sounds wonderful John, I say go for it. I'm sure you'll both be well prepared for every eventuality. Like any trip half the fun will be in the planning. I've never sailed, much less spent much time far from shore, so my only sailing is done virtually via vloggers on...

"People can label it whichever to suit their own particular lifestyle plans."

The "canoe" has been subject to interpretations applied across cultures and continents, and has been reinterpreted/reinvented/redesigned ever since the first western European "discovered it". The words we've used to describe this craft have changed. To answer your question Glenn, the Monarch is...

Fire bans can be an inconvenience especially if you're used to cooking over wood fire. With that in mind I purchased a fuel stove this month. Round about the same time heavy rains swept in, doused some forest fires, resulting in the bans being lifted. Well I'd call that a win so far...

Best wishes and respect July 1st and July 4th. This is also our wedding anniversary. So a packed picnic lunch of tea and sandwiches and a wander down the trail. Later we'll spend some time in the garden pruning roses and picking strawberries. An evening counting fireflies and stars. Such is...

You now have a great choice of canoes Mem. Nice work. And speaking of which, I also admire your choice of excellent pop bottle openers.

I can maybe understand charging for demo day as a means of dissuading time-wasters and unserious Sunday loafers from going lily-dipping for something to do, besides snooping through open houses just to see how others live; but as a way to nickel and dime canoe shoppers I find it runs counter to...

AFAIK in Canada canoeists and kayakers must pack along a bailer or manual bilge pump. Bailers must be metal or plastic, hold at least 750 mL, and have an opening of 9 cm in diameter. To its credit, Transport Canada encourages you to fashion your own by cutting the bottom off a 4-L plastic jug...