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I wear a Garmin 265s daily. I like it a lot. I do a fair amount of running and it's nice for that. When using it purely as a watch it lasts a couple weeks before charging. With the GPS on for intermittent activities I usually end up charging it every week or so. It wouldn't take much of a...

Good question. It's entirely possible they served no true purpose and the only reason everyone used them is that a few of the cool kids started using them and everyone else followed suit. Kinda like bent shaft paddles. ;) Alan

All the boats were ultra lightweight layups with no gel coat and spent a lot of miles on the road. Apart from UV protection the covers also provided insect protection. No one wants to scrub dead bugs off their hull before a race. Alan

Anytime I ever bought a canoe with the thought that it would "make a nice loaner" it was really just a way for me to justify buying another canoe. If I really did intend to use it as a loaner, and knew I had friends that would actually make use of it, then I would: A: Buy something really...

I had bag lady covers for my old racing canoes. Pretty much everyone else at the races did as well. We all traveled with them installed. It took virtually no time to take them on/off and there was never an issue driving with them installed. Alan

It's never too late, Glenn. In the past week I've started to study some geology (no previous experience). I've been meaning to do this for many years but never got started until now. So far I'm enjoying it very much. And related to your Idaho experience: the best source I've found so far is a...

I asked ChatGPT if there was enough data available in Iowa to tell one way or another. This is the gist of what I got in return:

Ever since I was a kid the wind has been my nemesis for pretty much anything I enjoyed doing, especially in the spring. It doesn't seem any better or worse than it was then. Alan

I like a long spoon as well because I eat directly from the pot, which is on the tall side. I don't know if they still sell them but REI had a bin full of some sort of blue plastic utensils. The spoons were long and cheap (maybe a couple bucks). I figured they would be brittle but when I tried...

Great writeup. Kept me entertained from start to finish. Alan

Where in New Mexico?

I have not done the Berens (cancelled by Covid) but I forgot that I have paddled Manitoba multiple times. Silly me.

Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Idaho, Oregon, Washington, Arkansas, Louisiana, Maine, (probably a couple New England states but can't remember for sure), Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Nunavut. There might be some paddles in other states I forgot about while passing through. Hope to...

Better add forks to the list of dangerous camping equipment.

Nope, no fork. I figure if I need to impale some food I could use a knife or a stick but I haven't had to resort to that yet. Alan

I'm a dedicated spoon man myself. I haven't run into anything on a trip I can't with one yet. Never been impressed with sporks but I think the only ones I've used have been from fast food chains. Alan

Just so you're clear the person you're e-mailing is not the person who made that response. They were just quoting what they found on the CLC website.

Here's a shot from the bottom with the waterline shaded in white. Bow is to the right as you're looking at it. Bloodvein below by Alan, on Flickr Alan

The shape of the sheer and shape of the waterline are radically different so while it looks like a weight forward fat little piggy from above it is much more normal at the water line. Since I used a sliding seat placement wasn't quite so important. If I remember correctly when slid full forward...

I've also become a fan of hanging seats from the gunwales. It's just so quick and easy with no fiddly-fartin' around. Raising or lowering is just a matter of making a different set of drops. Swapping out seats is easy. Adding an extra thwart on account of it is very little work or weight. Alan