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On October 5-9, 2025, I paddled various parts of the Pine Barrens prior to the Pine Barrens Functional Freestyle Canoeing Workshop, being held right now from Oct. 10-12. Included among the paddlers on various days were seven USCA Freestyle instructors, including CTN members @Marc Ornstein...

I believe the reason this thread revived is that I made my third Facebook comment ever, to a post where Phil Greene describes a visit by @Marc Ornstein and their shared paddle-making thoughts, and linked this thread in my comment...

"Traditional solo flatwater paddling was the order of the day at the first-ever Style Canoeing Rendezvous East, held over five days in mid-July 2025 at Murphy’s Point Provincial Park near Perth, Ontario." "The gathering featured a sequence of paddling clinics offered by legendary instructors...

To change context, I've been doing more than my usual lurking along the shore in 2025. I've been paddling a lot more this year than in recent years, even as I've become more and more unrecent. All day trips, most from base camps, but quite a few of them and more to come. A 10 pound lighter canoe...

Great to hear from you, Michael. Actually, you never know what people are reading. We have hundreds who are reading here every day, but very few (relatively) post anything.

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?