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Nope.

Ok, ppine, have it your way. It was a magical, nearly river-wide (over 2000 feet across) eddy that neither I nor any of the other paddlers noticed that day or the combined thousands of other times this group of paddlers have crossed that river at exactly that spot.

ppine: I've paddled that section of the Potomac dozens of times. Some of the paddlers I was with that day had paddled it for over thirty years and hundreds if not over 1000 times. Nobody had experienced anything like it before or since. It's not tidal at that area and there aren't any...

Mem, you forgot the one about snakes. Definitely a lot of "fearsome animal" click bait on the site of late.

Seems like the thread title "Northern WI wolf attack" is a slight bit of hyperbole as the wolves approached but never did actually attack anyone before the teen shot one. Not saying the wolves didn't have the intent to attack or that the teen overreacted. We just don't know enough. There are...

It was with my dog, Berkeley, but he was not interested in finding out what the noise was. Or maybe he knew and decided he'd stay in the tent and let me handle the situation. It resolved itself without any major injuries. I wrote a trip report explaining what happened, but here's the relevant...

That 20ft White Guide copy is a handsome boat. I have often thought of using the 20' White Guide plans that are in Gil Gilpatricks book on cedar strip canoe building and seeing if they cold be used to build a form for making a cedar/canvas replica.

The winnowing sound of snipes flying at night is very, very eerie and otherworldly. I have been wakened by it twice while camping on the Allagash. The first time I had no idea what was making the sound. Later a guide told me what it was. I thought they were joking. But the sound is made by...

Very nice. I do my decks the same way.

I have carried 16 foot canoes at highway speeds. Bow and stern lines (in addition to belly straps) are your friend.

Another happy Outback owner here. I have a 2020 Touring XT (turbo). This is my first Subaru. It won't be my last. I traded my Audi Q4 sedan to get it because I wanted something during the pandemic I could take "soft roading" -getting to unpaved put ins and take outs and forest service type...

Never met him. Just exchanged a few emails when I was buying one of his exquisite (in form, color, and function) tarps. Best piece of outdoor equipment I ever purchased bar none.

Surprised no one has suggested borrowing Mem's big white cat and tying it to their food hang/bag/barrel/box?

That's a Thebes' stool, not a chamber pot! It's missing whatever woven material was originally on the seat.

All I can say is it worked for the Egyptians. https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/Y_EA2472

Will be interested in your long term review. Have you considered doing it with the short sides bowed down (like the long pieces)?

My friend and I were paddling the Paw Paw bends section of the Potomac River. We had just made camp when I heard music coming form up stream. What came floating into view was 4 widely spaced canoes tied together with a gigantic plywood platform. Coolers everywhere, boom boxes at the corners...

If you are hauling a cooler, that's fine. A lot of trips, especially solo trips, or those with substantial portages, aren't really suitable for bringing a cooler.

A couple of years ago I was out with my local canoe/kayak club on our usual Sunday run -- a Class I-II section of the Potomac known as the GW canal. You don't have to be a club member to paddle with us and it isn't unusual for new faces to show up. Sometimes they enjoy themselves and join the...

I exaggerated a bit. No natural lakes at all in Maryland. Still, I paddled Triadelphia Reservoir many times before it closed to repair the dam, and also Rocky Gorge. They bored me after a while compared to the natural lakes of Maine. I've paddled the flat water down from Fletchers to watch...