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Day trip always gear: Appropriate clothing and footwear PFD with rescue knife on lash tab, whistle, $20 bill and spare truck key in pouch in pocket, lighter, expired driver’s license as ID. Paddle and spare paddle (single blade ad double blade) Sponge/bailer Throwbag (even when solo, just...

“At my age, 74, it seems that I don’t need beer to pee every hour or two” On the plus side needing to take a leak at 4:30/5:00am means I get to see sunrise every morning.

“I haven't had a bear bother my grub in the last 50 years. We always pee around our camp to provide a human scent fence which works, usually” Another reason to pack sufficient beer.

From Dendrochronolgy dating the drought that collapsed Anasazi culture occurred in the twelve hundreds. I don’t think they were burning a lot of coal, or commuting in V8 SUV’s at the time. Has industrial age climate change had an impact? Even without cyclical western droughts the other...

And Canoe Tripping Invitations to the Board When I receive canoe repair queries one of my first recommendations is to provide a Canoe Tripping link for factual done-that, here’s how advice and photos and, if my refurbishment work, an admission that there are skilled craftsmen on the site who...

Much of the issue, with regards to the Colorado, has to do with different States water rights, some a century or more old, long before Phoenix or Las Vegas were home to millions of people and long before California’s central valley was the nations fruit and nut basket. The waters of the...

That water crisis has been a long time in the idiocy making. The agricultural water use for some crops in California is absurd. Over a gallon of water to grow each individual almond? WTF? Growing water-thirsty alfalfa in the Central Valley as cattle feed, or to ship overseas as camel fodder...

“Unless you add a drain hole ? Your decks may rot prematurely. I always provide a "Weep" hole. Whoops ! I was looking at Mike's decks. Sorry.” I drill drain holes in every deck plate or cap, but those are usually plastic. The photo of the lovely inset wood deck is ALSG’s work, no way I could...

I’m really enjoying following this rebuild. Along with the TW Special refurbishment Canoe Tripping has two ex-Scooter & Hal canoes currently being resurrected. The Traveler hull is impressively unmarred for its age and dereliction, and I like the floor mounted foot brace keeping the chines pop...

“Eventually foot rests and a full spray cover are planned. I will be using your heat sealed fabric method.” I am still in the experimental stage with DIY spray covers. Had I any sewing skills I would use some durable waterproof fabric instead of the heat sealable material. If using snaps I’d go...

“I've been quite pleased with the stainless adjustable webbing slider. Slightly lighter than 2 Drings, it performs admirably. Very easy to tighten, very easy to disengage, holds firmly when carrying. My demands on this piece of hardware have been light. The canoe is 42 pounds and perhaps my...

“I think you told your story well enough, Mike. I read it to Kathleen and she laughed right out loud” Bart’s retelling included the conversation they had with the other treed pair, who provided color commentary on the bear’s rapid disassembly of their backpacks, which Bart couldn’t see from his...

My favorite bear story isn’t mine, it is my brother-in-law Bart’s. In his college days he and a roommate decided to go backpacking in the Shenandoahs. In youthful fashion they got off to a very late start, and it was dark by the time they arrived in the Shenandoahs. So they decided to keep...

“Would you do the weight bearing experiment if some Northwater flanged D-rings magically appeared or if you had some reasonable facsimile?” Glenn, I need to get up to Blue Mountain Outfitters soon to pick up some outfitting bits and pieces. BMO stocks a lot of Northwater stuff and I’ll pick up...

Nicely done. Even better, properly and skillfully done. I read this on what I have come to think of as the “Bad-Advice Paddling Board”, regarding painting a canoe: “Latex porch paint or house paint works fine”. ARRGGHHH, please no. Porch and deck paint goes on thick and weighs a ton, and latex...

I was gonna say “With a long double blade” but thought better about it.

“Well folks, as a fairly new member here I just stumbled across this thread, and may I say (as an admin and mod on several forums and Facebook groups) that this is one of the single most informative and entertaining threads I've read in a while.” “Now to go try to remove the medicinal stink...

“I have used stainless sheet metal screws to attach about a thousand nylon pad eyes (inchworms) to synthetic gunwales on a considerable variety of canoes. Never had a screw pull out.” I prefer pad eyes for a lot of applications. Having two pop rivets (or screws) holding the attachment rather...

“Dab it with epoxy on both sides, slide it between the inwale and hull, and clamp?” To answer Glenn’s question, I think an epoxy bond, even G/flex between a vinyl or aluminum gunwale, would eventually fail from the stress, torque and twist of the D-ring flange. I could try that as a further...

“After everything is as smooth and fair as I can muster I was going to spray 2k epoxy primer and top coat will be reduced enamel- again sprayed.” “It was only in the 50s here today so I really had to reduce the enamel and up the air pressure to flow nice. I can get in depth about the painting...