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The whole idea of a canoe is that it is not perfect for anything. Canoes are not the fastest, not the most seaworthy, not the lightest etc. Canoes are the jack of all trades - you can carry it, you can paddle big water, lakes, chains of lakes, rivers, tiny little creeks, or swamps. You can load...

Culturally modified tree - CMT. I did some archaeology field work in Washington. This drift log that has been washed out of the bank is a Western Red Cedar with a quite probable peel scar. The inner bark of WRC's is premium basketry material. Native Americans harvested it by taking a long strip...

agreed

I grew up in Minnesota. I still want to paddle the Mississippi from Itasca to the Twin Cities.

If it was me and it was nearby. I'd buy the boat and do the fix.

Most of the time, water is soft. If it feels hard, then it is 32 or below.

Thank you!

That storm sent a lot of water down the Connecticut River. It even topped the July storm flood level. My friends in Vermont also had flooding instead of snow. I think we had our first below freezing night earlier this week.

I agree, that reply stood out like a fart in church.

Rolled up wad of clothing.

My PFD. I hardly ever need it, but I always wear it.

Yeah, about 1 more inch of zipper would be nice. I guess they're not used to old beefcake guys like us.

The best solo canoe would be a 35 foot motor yacht with a jacuzzi and bar.

Have fun carrying your kayak and pack on that upcoming 1/2 mile portage, not to mention the 1/2 hour on either end unloading and loading your gear into the kayak cargo bays.

Red Throated Loon in non-mating colors. Wheeler Marsh, Housatonic River, CT. Nov 16, 2023

I am mostly flat water paddling. 20 ft 1/4 inch floating painter on the bow, always. I have an optional 25 ft floater for the stern. It's enough to line a boat up past an old dam or short section of fast water. In cold water, I clip a 75 ft throw bag to the canoe because I'd rather just swim to...

I watch reruns of the "Dating Game". I'm in southern connecticut, so I can canoe as long as the ice doesn't get too thick.

One year, I took 50 canoe loads out of a favorite marsh. I learned that it was an accumulation of many years of stuff. For instance, plastic bottles are often several years old, they just survive so well (or awful). This shot is of a 200+ lb big lake buoy that had drifted into the cattails and...

polypro long johns with thicker poly fleece stuff. And a cheetah print speedo, of course.