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Moving day! We sold our house! Moving to the coast. These are loaded unfortunately a short trip to a local storage unit.

I have used pulley systems to store them near the cieling in the past. I may do that again for one or two of them. I will hopefully be down to three canoes when we move. Maybe I will store one of the Royalex ones outside.

We are in the process of selling our home and relocating to our vacation home on the coast. I will lose my 5 bay shop. My canoes will need to live outdoors in a coastal environment. I am thinking of a covered rack of some kind. I am currently the caretaker of 4 canoes. Please share your ideas...

Welcome! I currently live in central Washington State and will be relocating to Southwest Washington. Since you live in Northwest Washington, I assume you have paddled Diablo, Ross, and Gorge Lakes?

I think my son has claimed it. He really likes it. I have not paddled it much, but I like it.

Hutchinson-Shiner Canoe Area Washington State

I agree, there is a lot of interesting lakes in Oregon. Gas powered engines are not allowed in Waldo.

Thank you.

That is the sunset through some wildfire smoke.

Hosmer looks like an interesting place. I will add that to my list.

We presented the Opinel to him. When we arrived in camp he quickly started whittling. It wasn't long before I hear "Grampy, do we have any bandaids?" It was a minor laceration. I believe it gave him more respect for blades. His dad had also bought him a knive. He went with a Victorinox. My wife...

I spent three nights at Waldo Lake with my Son and Grandson. The original plan was for a longer trip with paddle in dispersed camping, but we settled for a campsite in the Shadow Bay Campground on the southeast side of the lake. The area is notorious for mosquitoes in early to midsummer. We...

I don't remember how old I was when I revieved my first knife. I was very young. As kids, it seems like my brother, friends and I always had knives. The first ones were traditional folders and then lockblades and fixed blades of varying quality. I did know a kid who nearly died from a knife...

Thank you for all of the great suggestions. I don't want to kill this thread, but I bought an Opinel Jr. No. 7. https://www.opinel-usa.com/products/opinel-no7-outdoor It was delivered yesterday. I am not sure about the rounded tip. I will need to get him a more traditional knife in the future...

Thanks. I will check out some Old Timers.

Thanks, I will check out the rounded tip model. I see your point on the slipjoint.

I am not sure what they will be using in the camp. I plan on giving him a knife when my Son and I take him on a trip in a couple of weeks. I have never had an Opinel. I thought the could also be locked closed?

The GEC knives look great, but too expensive.

I will be taking my 10 year old Grandson on a trip soon. He will be learning about knives during survival camp this week. I plan on giving him a knife. This will be his first. I am thinking a folder. I am currently leaning towards an Opinel No. 6. Any recommendations for a first knife?

I still use a SPOT Gen 3. I did test it once with an unintentional swim. The water did not harm it at all. When I am in the back country, I generally leave it on tracking mode. I figure if I ever go missing, they can always start looking from the last tracing point. I also kind of like that I...