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I just happened to notice that for $24.99 I can add evacuation insurance on my SPOT Tracker, up to $100,000.

Yeah, I started to hang one but I just couldn't get to liking the store bought handle. The original is straight shafted and so much thinner. The blade is going to strike at a different angle with the new handle. I don't even know if that's an issue. I think I'll go hunt down Geoff Burke and...

Definitely a lot of different approaches to cooking and campfires. I have become accustomed to rebuilding the fireplace to fit my fire irons, which are about the same length as my saw when folded. The fireplace has 2 low sides for the irons and a taller back to move the smoke. At some point...

I'm going on a trip in a few weeks and one of the group gear items listed is "axe". It appears there are two coming along in our group of 6. That would seem to be more than enough, however, when I mentioned that I would want to use one to split up some cooking fire sized pieces, I got a...

Just a 5 day run down Baskahegan Stream and Mattawamkeag in Maine next month. But it's all I can think about!

Cranberry Orange Scones and the Swedish Reflector Oven that baked them.

I remember fondly the day Doug D unveiled the Campmor Reflector Oven. He cooked nothing more than store-bought frozen bread dough, but Oh, it was the tastiest thing to ever enjoy around the campfire. Just ripping off gobs of steaming fresh baked bread and scarfing it down. That was a long time...

I've nearly worn out my Canadian Boat Walker, which is what is was called back in the 90's when I bought it. I use mine for multi-mile portages on old logging roads and paved shoulders. I like the 16" wheels and the high ground clearance but the 16 pounds is the definition of irony when you...

I picked up a couple of ZREs when Millbrook Boats had a sale. I have to admit though, the discount evaporated when I picked them up at a brew pub half way between us. By coincidence I just read this morning an article by Cliff Jacobson in defense of the bent shaft for tripping. I have always...

My 1977 book titled Canoeing, put out by the American National Red Cross, has designs for a rowing rig together with a sliding seat. I always meant to build on and try it out. Maybe I will, thanks for the inspiration!

You might try using a block plane with a severely shallow cut. A freshly sharpened block plane.

If it's possible, I leave parked at the local Police station. It also helps to know the local Game Warden, who seems to provide a forcefield around it. Other than that, I just don't worry about it. My next trip is up the East Machias and down the Machias. The local outfitter says just park...

Of course I saved the poles. That remark about bird netting was prescient - my daughter has laid claim to them for her garden.

I just hurled a Eureka Alpine Meadows in the trash over the weekend. I had three old tents out in the yard, testing for water tightness. The Alpine Meadows was as good as bird netting, except that a tent made from bird netting wouldn't smell so musty inside. I did save the newer...

I have a fair amount of friends who regularly invite me on whitewater trips, but the closest thing I have to a whitewater boat is my royalex MR Explorer. A forgiving well-rockered boat would fit nicely in my quiver.

Nice job on the outfitting. I'm still trying to get over two guys tripping in one. I have one in the porch rafters that I set up for tandem, basically the stern seat became the bow seat and I added another seat at the opposite end. The kids were about 15 last time we brought it camping and I...

Yesterday, a $100 canoe popped up in FB marketplace. It was a "Mad River whitewater boat". It was posted 39 minutes earlier. I sent him a message but I guess I was too late. Today it's back up for $300 from Keene NH. At least the guy was able to ID it as an ME. He also mentioned it needed...

So can you glue the overlap at the tip or will it fuse together when heated?

Don't know if it will be the next trip, but I have begun the planning for taking the family on the Great Glen Canoe Trail. Basically across Scotland from sea to sea.