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I've visited so many great sites, it is tough to choose. One definite favorite is the Ogden Point site on Lobster Lake in Maine. A little exposed, but it has a great beach with a great view that just screams for a beach chair and a beer in hand. Downriver from there is Pine Stream campsite on...

For camping on a trip with big rivers and big lakes, I absolutely would always choose my 18 foot Wenonah Sundowner. My 16' MR Explorer just won't fit all the gear Mrs. Riverstrider wants to take AND the dog (both non-negotiable, lol). But we certainly had a time of it on a narrow windy local...

On most of my trips, the first thing I do, particularly if we have time and enough other choices to not commit to a particular site at the time, is to perform what firefighters call a walk-around just to quickly assess the merits and demerits of any particular site. Promising wood supply...

Okay, I can't resist. Boil water, instant coffee, add some sugar, done. Works for me. (ducks for cover) Instant coffee drinkers unite! -rs

I've always used lists for packing, so I haven't forgotten anything critical. Of course, the problems with lists is that if something is not on the list, it won't get packed. Consequently, I have occasionally added things to my lists. Or created entirely new lists, such as when it became...

That's easy: Mrs. Riverstrider! She's not the strongest of paddlers, and her endurance is not great...and she doesn't do cold weather or portages (for such trips I usually go solo)...but when she is in the bow I have total confidence in any water we tackle since she knows what to do as well as...

I've gone swimming about a dozen times in whitewater, while kayaking difficult water, but that doesn't count. Plenty of times over the side horsing around in the boyscouts. One memorable trip down the narrow, muddy Chipuxet River there were no survivors...we all went over at least twice or...

I just started getting attacks of gout last year. Doc wanted to put me on drugs, but I hate taking that sort of stuff. So rather than cut down on beer or seafood (my triggers as well) I started significantly increasing my water intake. No attacks since. Your mileage may vary. I am happily...

Quality craft beer in cans. Also, I just recently began using those bungy deelie-bob things to wrap around thwarts that I then clip a carabiner to...makes a great quick-release way to secure odd items in the boat that I may want to get at quickly. -rs

My GPS reading from the put-in to Site 12 (close to the end of the lake) was 4.1 miles. This was staying close to the north shore but cutting across a couple bays. We had mild chop paddling in and it took a little over an hour, paddling loaded boats (two Hornbeck New Tricks and an 18' Wenonah...

For what it is worth, I was out to LTL this past week, and stayed at Site 12 (one suggested earlier in this thread by Robin). Nice site, but could be a little crowded with 8 tents. I'm willing to bet a lot of the sites are like that. Sites 10, 11 and 12 are pretty spread out. The most...

You're one of my heroes. It takes a lot of volunteers to maintain and improve that trail, and the NFCT couldn't do it without folks like you. And folks like me who use the trail appreciate every little thing done. One of these days I hope also to attend one of their volunteer maintenance...

STARTING to get a LITTLE nervous? I'd be a wreck by now, lol! I wouldn't be able to go 15 minutes without trying to get an update on line! I hope the weather patterns send some rain over there to take care of business for you. -rs

Welcome to the forum, Mr. Grizz, I second the Adirondacks suggestions. I'm up there close to every August to take advantage of the paddling, and a September or October canoe camping trip after the summer crowds are gone can't be beat. Another of my favorite August trips is the West Branch...

I'm assuming you're looking for an easily accessible storage solution that also keeps things dry. Most drybags don't really fit that description, and I've found that most thwart bag options have the same issues that Mike McCrea noted. I think his suggestion of a soft-sided cooler is a good...

You must have had higher flows than I experienced when I poled up that stretch a few years back. Near the top of Little Spencer, where there are a few wide pools, the water was so low there was no route through the rocks. So we had to step out and drag the canoes over a few to get into deeper...

Welcome, New England Canoe, from a fellow Rhow Dyelander!

I know TommyC1, and he and I have talked about paddling the Souhegan as a tripper. His conclusion was as Steve said...a decent day tripper, but primarily in moving water or rapids, and a far better poling boat. I think it has more rocker than the Coho, and less capacity, so it isn't really...

The protection of streams in the US at the Federal level actually is pretty standardized, even without WOTUS. WOTUS just further clarified matters and may in fact have reduced the number of miles of rivers and streams protected, IMO. That being said, such Federal protection isn't that great...

I'm not sure it is as bad as this makes it sounds. The new "WOTUS" Rule, which got a lot of pushback from farmers (who didn't understand it) and builders (who are typically bloody-minded about any regulation anyways), was originally intended to clarify and better define what is regulated as a...