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My $25 Casio watch with a dial face is the perfect tripping watch. It is waterproof, has a 10 year battery, I won't cry if I lose it... unlike the person that owned the $400 GPS watch that I found at the canoe launch last week. It's at the Cromwell Police Station in Connecticut if it is yours...

I grew up spitting distance from Matt's and the 5-8 Club. Still go to one or the other when I visit, depending on whether I want to eat from a plate or not.

Now we have to argue about which is best, Matt's Juicy Lucy or the 5-8 Club's Juicy Lucy.

Boy Scouts was great preparation, if I had ever ended up in a maximum security prison. I remember being leaned on to earn merit badges instead of being encouraged to go on adventures. The troop was dominated by a couple bullies and you only got some peace after standing up to them and taking...

Robins get ridiculously aggressive during mating season. They will attack their own reflection, smacking into house windows and crapting all over car windows and mirrors that are close to their nesting site.

There are seams on the body, but they are under the arms on the sides.

A cagoule is knee length. The idea was that you could sit and pull your legs up into the cag for an emergency bivvy. With a draw string at the bottom that could be pulled up and cinched at your waist - then it looked like an anorak. I always found the cagoule to be kind of a pain to wear...

I tried to photograph my anorak/cag pattern, but it is easier to describe it, and if you can sew one, you can work up your own pattern because it is an easy design. I like a long anorak that covers the meat of the butt and part of the thighs. I rolled my basic design off of a Great Pacific Iron...

I've been in a Minuteman control room. You take an elevator down about 60 feet. Then, there are 2 spherical rooms on either side of the elevator room. One room is all machinery, the other is the control room. I remember the doors as being like vault doors. The floor of the both rooms are...

114 days, so far. It's the cusp of drysuit season.

I guess you're wrong. My first trip to Alaska and the Yukon was in 1976. But the point is, this thread is not about far north traveling where a gun is an acceptable idea. It's just a bunch of gun squids imagining that they need to pack heat to protect themselves from squirrels in the lower...

Fine. But this thread is about a 100 miles off of its original comment. It started as a worry about a domestic violence murderer who was believed to be near the Adirondacks. Now it's just gun crap. I think I'll just check out for awhile.

What does it have to do with canoeing? NOTHING.

You guys just can't top talking about guns. WTF does this have to do about canoe tripping? This thread should have been canned a long time ago.

Sounds so complicated. I just glue in some 3/8 closed cell foam pads with contact cement. Doesn't slip, lasts for years.

I have used Boiled Linseed Oil on my hand-carved paddles. While it preserves and protects the wood, it does mildew. Usually, the mildew stains can be removed with some light sanding. I heat the oil for my first coat so that it penetrates better. Tung oil cures to a harder and longer lasting...

Doubt is a good thing to have in your pocket when traveling in the wilds. I don't remember who said this - Always carry a big pocketful of chickensh*t when canoeing solo in the wilderness

I have a compass, and maybe a map, and I pay close attention to my surroundings. But just for fun, I always carry a couple of dead batteries.

The Swiss cheese analogy of accident analysis. While the information is good, the analysis is a little weak. Most of the fatalities occurred from a combination of decisions. A bar chart showing solo paddling as a significant issue is off base. The solo fatalities involved multiple bad...