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I had to fly to SoCal last week which gave me a chance to read "Storied Lands & Waters of the Allagash Wilderness Waterway" by Bruce Jacobson. The book tells the stories of the AWW, inventorying the assets that are in the Waterway, talks about how to improve those assets, and designs future...

I did the spring cleanup of all my fasteners. They are in there by type and size. I had them in 3 different places

I've taken to carrying a Gerber folding knife and a Helle after another loaned item came up missing. Now the Helle doesn't come out until the Gerber stops working.

What day is it? I spend time almost daily looking for something I put down. The other day I was trying to sharpen a Forstner Bit and I'll be dipped if I could find my small DMT Diamond sticks. I looked almost everywhere. I ordered another set. My wife asked what I was looking for. 'What do I...

Nice old guide of Maine Canoeing

and could you cut with a 'Scarf Joint'

I get the Potage/Carry thing and the Meters/Feet but Boundry Waters 'Rods'? Really?

I'm not sure it's as good as Spam

In my Warbonnett Black Bird, I had a problem keeping the pad under me. I solved all my problems with an underquilt.

On Thursday I was straightening up in the loft of my barn where I keep all my non-weather sensitive gear attempting to figure out what to do with all small pieces, plasticware, extra pegs, line... I have sitting in boxes. Friday I drive into town and there on the side of the road is a...

According to Ray at Loon Lodge the dam is now broken and the trip up to the pond is now a bit of a struggle.

When you tell people, even in-state, you're from Colrain you get, "Where's that?" My reply, "And that's the way we like it."

The civilized end. I'm out in the Lost Hilltowns Welcome to the board

I don't remember how I found CT I come here daily because I'm not on the water.

"You have chosen wisely."

I do pack some comfort items that could be left at home, but my biggest problem, still, is packing more food than I need. I think trip planning is just as important. I will always double carry, just won't push as far.

Allagash. My cousin tried for years to get us to go. He grew up in St John overlooking the St John looking into Canada and across the street from Norman L'Italien. He and his father spent a summer at Michaud Farm. At a family reunion, he pitched it one more time. We had 15 cousins that wanted...

I love paddling alone. I go with my sons a couple'ah, three times a year, but there is nothing like being alone in the woods on a well laid out easy trip. No real schedule, just time alone.

I was shocked the first time I went to Algonquin at the amount of trash there. The only clean place I found in the park was a loop I did that was deep in the NW corner of the park. I have never seen anything like it paddling in the ADK, Maine, or hiking in the Whites even in the '60s before the...