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This is a fall foliage day trip on the north end of Candlewood Lake, which is the largest lake in Connecticut (a reservoir). The north end has long arms, islands, forested hills, and is relatively unpopulated. The trip will start at the beach parking lot of the Sherman Town Park (74 Sawmill Rd...

Vern, I'm assuming these are for sale and so I'm moving the thread to the Classifieds forum. You may want to state a price and where they can be picked up.

Will you coffeeholics be able to drink good-to-the-last-drop Maxwell House anymore? Because of downsized housing changes in the economy, they have rebranded after 133 years to "Maxwell Apartment", offering a "12 month lease" of coffee...

In terms of causing human deaths per year, elephants are the ninth deadliest members of the animal kingdom, killing about 500 people a year. Don't feel safe if you don't paddle among hippos and elephants. You all canoe (and non-canoe) among the two deadliest animals BY FAR...

Apparently, this is not the first time for elephant attacks on canoes. Some practical advice for those of us who paddle frequently in elephant waters: https://paddlingmag.com/stories/columns/canvas/what-to-do-when-an-elephant-charges-your-canoe/

"This is the terrifying moment two couples from the UK and the US cheated death when a rampaging elephant flipped their safari canoes and struck one of the women with its trunk." "They were being poled 'gondola style' through the shallow waters of the Okavango Delta, Botswana, on Saturday. "...

Thanks for the report and pictures, MrPoling. That looks like a lovely, intimate stream even with the occasional vestiges of civilization.

As a tea drinker, I'm continuously confused by the constant cascade of coffee complexities and caffeinated conflicts. I would like to know, however, if there is a dark chocolate pocket tea.

Tfraser, welcome to site membership! Feel free to ask any questions and to post messages, photos and videos, and to start threads, in our many forums. Please read Welcome to CanoeTripping and Site Rules! Also, because canoeing is a geographic sport, please add your location to the Account...

Paddling with your dad for 28 years is wonderful. You'll always remember these trips. I paddled with my dad only once, and its been 25 years since any of my kids paddled with me. Thanks for taking the time to post these reports and lovely pictures, ABT.

Jessica, welcome to the site. That 1907 book is quite a rare find. Thanks for bringing it to our attention. Maine canoeists should find it historically interesting.

Was wondering what bone it would be with that sharp point. My guess: the mandible of a baleen whale or a rib.

I enjoy re-watching this video for the performative tandem excellence and because of nostalgia for my old friend Mike Galt. The way Mike and Marilu can move that almost zero-rocker Lotus Egret makes me wonder how wonderful they could have been in the far-easier-to-spin Loon Works Duets and the...

Heron and I interact at Alvord's Tower on Isola Bella (Salisbury, CT).

I hope so, Tom. Is there a way to find out the levels?

"Series of video clips, mostly in New Jersey's Pine Barrens, of canoers using their freestyle paddling skills to gracefully and efficiently maneuver tight turns and avoid objects in the water." There are only a few days left to register for the 2025 Pine Barrens Functional Freestyle Workshop...

Don't know but I found this very recent article: https://support.apple.com/en-us/105097 Now, I have to figure out what my Android can do.

@Rusty Ole' Bucket, I'm just catching up with this thread. Thanks much for taking the time to write it up and post pictures. I'm not sure we've ever had a trip report from anything in Mississippi before. We all started with the single blade at some point, and we were all incompetent at first...

In 2011, I bought a Nemo Losi 3P tent, which had won lots of awards and which I liked very much for solo canoe tripping. However, I hadn't used the tent in 10 years. When I looked at it for a trip this summer, I found the waterproof coating was degraded, the glued-on Velcro ties under the...

So, I decided to research Thermacells a bit. This video is a long but thorough review of three different Thermacell models. The reviewer makes several good points as to why the product seems to work more or less well in different circumstances. One point is that while it works, it may not...