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...
I've driven my wife's Nissan Versa to Canada with the canoe on top a couple of times. It gets a little squirrelly in bad weather and around big trucks but I'm saving money
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