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I do like the warmth on my hands of an uninsulated cup, but on balance I like an insulated cup with a lid because my coffee drinking is often interrupted by camp/cooking chores and my coffee get cold.

Full disclosure, I've thought pour over is nothing but a fad designed to separate hipsters form their money since the first time I walked into a coffee shop to get a cup of joe and saw a sign with specific prices for small, medium and large coffees when dispensed from the urn but another sign...

My GSI JavaDrip isn't mesh. It's a silicone cone. https://gsioutdoors.com/products/collapsible-javadrip-blue A cone isn't a closed system where you can adjust how long the water is in contact with the grounds to extract more water soluble coffee goodness. Once the grounds/paper filter are...

Glenn, there's really zero difference between (1) these collapsible cones, (2) the cone a barista uses doing a manual pour over at the local hipster coffee shop, and (3) the cone inside the automatic drip coffee maker (Mr. Coffee, Braun, etc.) sitting on your counter. In fact my GSI collapsible...

I like the simplicity of use and ease of clean up of a collapsible pour over cone with standard paper filter. GSI JavaDrip is what I use. I rarely bother to grind my coffee at home and never both in camp. I just bring ground coffee in zip loc.

My cedar stripper is officially "A Slow Boat to Nowhere" but also called "The Voluptuous Stripper" because of its curvaceous lines. My rebuilt, soloized MR Explorer is "YAER" (Yet Another Explorer Rebuild) but also called "The Clydesdale" as it is a large solo. My yellow Esquif Vertige is...

I got the same reaction from a swift water rescue instructor in DC. I had an Astral V-8 which is a mesh back. Great for tripping in warm weather. But as I am paddling more whitewater, I've switched to something with back protection, a Stohlquist Descent. To answer your question, I keep a...

The trains definitely run on time now. Thanks.

Jimmy Stewart in How the West Was Won.

Montgomery County, MD, is the land of stop lights and speed cameras.

Me: Are you sure I was driving the Subaru when we got the ticket? Wife: Yeah.

Another scarfing jig. https://www.canoetripping.net/threads/yaer-yet-another-explorer-rebuild.127182/post-130825

After I bought and returned a Tilley, I purchased a Shelta and now, six years later, Shelta is still my hat of choice for canoeing. Looks like a bucket hat except the front of the brim is shaped and stiff like a baseball cap, a feature I very much appreciate when I am paddling into a headwind...

Dan & Whits! I haven't heard those names in a long time! What a great, great store! I got my Sorel winter boots there in 1984. They haven't held up that well. I had to replace the boot laces about 8 years ago. ;-)

I'll bet that visit worked better than coffee, prune juice and ex-lax.

A friend with a small fleet of boats says he only buys used boats and only of one color. That way when he brings another one home it doesn't stick out like a sore thumb.

A lot of low odor mineral spirits don't mix well with finishes. I had some completely gum up Epifanes. My recommendations is to sand it down until it isn't sticky and apply tung oil not thinned. It really is not necessary to thin tung oil notwithstanding what instructions say, especially if...

Placing the stern seat as far back as possible would seem to accomplish a number of desirable goals. First, it maximizes the amount of stuff you can carry in the wide part of the canoe. Second, correction strokes are more efficient towards the stern. Third, it permits steering by extending...

I've heard several stories about snakes "falling" out of trees into canoes. It seems odd to me. I have a hard time imagining snakes are hitching rides in canoes on purpose. And I have an equally hard time believing snakes are clumsy and prone to falling out of trees. And even if they were...

I was surprised how effective that seemed to be.