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You'll wince at the price but you're paying a good dude for a really good product.

Okay. I mean, I think. Mostly. But dudes (and dudettes), don't hear me wrong! I certainly do not recommend the Hopper. Too danged expensive. That’s part of the irony. I think. Or maybe the absurdity. That it DOES'N’T keep stuff cold for more than a day or two. That it’'s a dang useless piece...

I'm seconding the Fall Line Canoe Bags (and not just because they herald from Virginia). Shawn and his cronies are a stand up bunch of open boaters, good peoplez, who happen to also be sort of re-visiting what is possible in an open canoe. Quality bags fer sure!

So on a slight impulse I picked up this Yeti soft shelled cooler last year, like last May, the HOPPER, they call it, the HOPPER 20 or some such verbish-sounding noun (sense), 20 meaning the small one, or, like, the REAL small one now, or 20 meaning that it can apparently hold 20 pounds of ice...

Hey Nod Rama, My thoughts on the Greenbrier are the higher you go the better. (They stock trout above Marlington.) But what a scenic river. This shot (the whole trip, actually) was taken down lower, I would guess between Caldwell and Ronceverte? We had some great fishing as well. Hope you've...

To be flightless birds, or, the real reason we visit rivers.

That's great. I leave my canoe all over the appalachian southeast, sometimes tucked away, sometimes sitting beside the road, sometimes chained to a tree, sometimes piled with camping gear. Not to jinx myself but I've never had an issue with mischief except maybe for the one time a fisherman...

West Virginia has been nothing if not exploited for her resources. Back in the days of heavy logging in the Greenbrier Valley loggers would--as they did in many locales--float the white pine logs down the river in spring runoff, riding the logs in their caulked boots wielding their peaveys. I'm...

If you happen upon southeastern West Virginia and there happens to be water in the Greenbrier River and you happen to be toting your canoe and you’ve got a few days to check out some West Virginia history and paddle through some long green sycamore and river birch tunnels on some delightfully...

I suppose there are two sides to this thought: a boat outfitted tandem such that can be turned around and paddled solo (and essentially still remain a tandem boat), or a tandem boat outfitted solo paddled solo, which then becomes less of a tandem. The difference is significant, in terms of...

I'm going to venture out into the turbulent waters... In my less than adequate understanding of the forces at work here, I like to imagine the boat is leaning one of two ways: upstream or downstream. (In this case, upstream means AGAINST the current. Downstream means WITH the current.) I am...

I'm impressed with the physical principles being touched upon. I also feel like I'm slipping back into the world of Anthony Burgess with the language of Clockwork Orange. --If ye wants to curtail the yawing and slewing toss out the bloody drogue! Or the time I found myself drinking with my 16...

Thanks all for the reads. But shame on you for wasting such valuable time reading trashy drivel! For certain edification and amusement, you should be reading up on the American political scene. As for slumming with the oaries, Jag, you're right! What the hell am I doing? Sleeping on the ground...

So me and Mr. Mechanically Inclined Boatman A.F. took off west on I-64 out of central VA and rolled out through the hills under a piece of sunshine making the year’s first warm weather pilgrimage to the New River Gorge in West Virginia. We wore mostly dry suits for the chilly water but the days...

In a river trip, I've found that the length of time required to get from point A to point B is directly proportional to the square of the number of people involved. There are exceptions of course and the rule really can't be applied across the board, but in general, as a measure of thumb, and on...

Awesome. I'm envious of you guys who can fix stuff. Make stuff. Work with stuff.I thought the first picture in the series was your final job and I was like, "There is hope for me yet." But no. I see now... Amazing.

Excellent. I love seeing how other folks do things. Thanks.

It does allow working stiffs like myself to get in my boat at least once a week. More in the spring/summer, which has finally, blessedly, arrived. The official beginning of warm weather boating, for myself, is my first springtime trip to the New River in WV. I'm hoping that happens in the next...

Wow. Spectacular. I'm jealous. Those micro wind bursts you speak of sound spooky. Glad you didn't get any. Although a total aerial wind flip in your canoe might be something worth experiencing! And a 2.6 lb Dutch Oven? Wow to that as well. Didn't know they came that light. I've always viewed...

Thanks Camper. We do have some beautiful country here on the outskirts of the east coast megatropolis. Some great paddling here in Central Virginia. And, I mean, anyone looks good paddling to Guy Clark.