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I’ve slept cowboy, hammock and tent. My only fear was cowboy camping in the desert where I was convinced that a rattlesnake would slither into my sleeping bag or a tarantula would walk across my face. In a tent or hammock I sleep through the sounds around me.

I’m probably being daft but I cannot figure out from reading the North Maine Woods website if I need to go to a check point before departing from Ripogenus Lake for a couple of days of camping on Chesumcook. Can anybody offer some guidance? Thanks. Art

Thanks for the intel

I just heard from another paddler that the gated access to the launch on Attean Pond is closed? Can anyone confirm? Can you recommend an alternative launch/landing? If true, I wonder what the story is behind this. Art

Sounds like it was a good trip despite the wind. Glad to hear the broken wing, as you put it, held up.

Does anyone know how the current water levels on the Moose River Bow loop in Maine? Thinking about a trip next week.

I’m not an engineer but I have spent plenty of time thinking about how to build a break-away or swing-away seat to avoid entrapment when kneeling. I want to trip on class II rivers but I don’t want to put a pedestal in my SRT. Does anything like this exist already? I’m not talking about an...

Enjoy your trip to BWCA!

I have a very lightly used (as in worn less that 6 times) Tilly Wanderer in khaki, size 7 3/8, made in Canada that I’m willing to part with. I puchased it about a year and a half ago. It’s too small for me, and I almost immediately purchased a size 7 5/8, which is a much better fit. Given that...

Yes. The ranger will take your gear for $10. I don’t know the fee for taking you and your canoe but I’ll bet it’s pretty reasonable.

Thanks for sharing, Glenn.

Thanks everyone for weighing in. The maker has agreed to replace the boat at their expense. I believe the consensus here helped. Some have private messaged me to speculate about the identity of the canoe company. I am declining to confirm. The fact is I very much like the one boat I already own...

The boat I’m referencing cost $4,000 plus. I assume that meets your definition of a top tear maker.

I received a new canoe this weekend that I had ordered some time ago. Upon inspection, I found a patch, about 2” x 3”, in the chine of the boat and a corresponding dull area in the gel coat in the same location but on the outside of the boat. I wrote the maker and here is part of the reply that...

Did you not like how it paddled?

I bring a full length yoga mat, folded in half, as a kneeling pad and use it for a variety of other purpose including as a landing mat. I also lay it down as a ground cloth of sorts below my hammock and slept on it for eight nights in my Eureka bug shelter when my hammock suspension failed on my...

It seems that I’ve heard several times from manufacturers and others than ash paddles don’t take oil well. Perhaps I’ll varnish the blade and oil the shaft and handle for now, knowing I can always varnish over the oil down the road.

I need to refinish an ash paddle made by Dale Toby of Grand Lake Stream. I’m looking for opinions on what is the most appropriate — not necessarily the cheapest — varnish to use. Thoughts?

Nice photos, Glenn. Love the mix of broad landscapes and detailed closeups.