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I am sorry to hear of the passing of Jim. I am lucky to have met him down at Raystown, and as others have pointed out, he could definitely carry a campfire story circle. A great guy who lived a good life. -Chuck

Thank you, Snapper! I see yknpdlr noticed the same thing. I knew that, but I must have been on Autopilot or something. I'll edit that. And yes to yknpdlr, I was aware of the free camping, and that is usually what I do when up in the Adirondacks. In fact, the last time I was in the Saranac...

iI've been going stir crazy with this February weather, and needed to something about it. So I wrote this trip report! I intended it to be rather brief, but for me the magic is in the details, so it kinda got away from me. Hopefully you don't mind. This past fall, I was invited by a friend to...

The way the snow keeps accumulating and the Arctic blasts keep blowing through, I think that dang varmint's estimate may be optimistic. I call BS on the 6 weeks. Maybe 7?

I'm not sure I can define my experiences as either a sport or a lifestyle. Maybe an infection? Or an affliction? I'd be more inclined to consider it an infection since I was never interested in canoeing and kayaking until I was exposed to it and consequently infected. I believe I have been...

I like that idea about bringing along the 10 day forecast so it can be compared to actual experiences, Mike! I usually take just some basic notes on what the weather is like, but not too specific. More like "It rained like hell" instead of "Heavy precipitation, temperature 54 degrees". I do...

About five years ago I had never even heard of a roof rake. That year it snowed, and snowed, and snowed, and then rained, and roofs started collapsing, ice dams and roof leaks were common, and I saw the term "roof rake" somewhere on the interweb. Hmm. So I looked it up maybe about an hour after...

We ended up with about 22-24", with a lot of deeper drifts. Fortunately the snow was nice and powdery, so power outages were not widespread (although it was an entirely different story on the Cape and the Islands). A tree went down about a half mile from me and took out the electricity, but...

Ash usually holds up pretty well, but I would probably go with the 1 5/8 inch option to reduce the chance of snapping it. I think they sell pole feet too. -rs

I'd love to say that I cross-country ski or hike during the winter when the water is crunchy, but that is mostly the exception. It is not often one gets enough snow in RI to ski (and I hate travelling far to ski), but it IS often that there is enough snow to make hiking impracticable. I try to...

Yeah, those were the ones. I have a ton of them from a tent canopy, the sides of which I had to dispose of. Just lately they solved a problem on how to most easily secure (and then take down) some holiday lighting. Handy little buggers. -rs

I've learned all sorts of tricks and hacks, especially from McCrea threads, but it was an encounter with another mutual acquaintance, Tom Wilhelm, known in some circles as "canoeswithduckheads", that is my "aha" moment: bungie balls. You know those loops of thin bungy cord secured at one end by...

I see a lot of myself in many of the responses here. Except maybe for Glenn's predilection for solo tripping: I am a gregarious tripper by nature, although my trips have almost exclusively been of the group-of-solo-self-contained-boaters-paddling-the-same-route-and-sharing-campsites type...

A well-trained dog with a good disposition is the only one I'll take in a canoe with me if I'm going to be out camping with them. My usual canine companion is a German shepherd, and one disadvantage there is definitely her size. But she stays put, and won't overreact if another dog all of a...

I have left a nice fuzzy rubber farmer-john wetsuit sitting on the roof of my truck cap, drying, never to be seen again. Twice. How bad is that? -rs

I recently returned from a beer-intensive canoe trip to the Saranac Lakes, and had an opportunity to sample three beers that had canoes on their labels. Of the three, my favorite was Founders All Day IPA. Also, Matt Brewing Company, who brew the "Saranac" beers, have a couple different canoes...

Maudite is my personal favorite with a canoe on it. There is also this somewhat less-favorable selection, although if you like Kolsch style it isn't bad: http://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/710/89102/ -rs

Mine is probably one of those self-explanatory names, but perhaps not. Amongst the many canoeing-related there are, my two favorites are canoe poling and canoe tripping. Poling a canoe is as close as I've come to walking on the water, but "riverwalker" seemed too, uh, pedestrian a name. So...

Welcome to the light, lol! Be patient, and you will find yourself liking that single blade more and more. But don't ever let anyone tell you that you can't ever use a double blade occasionally...there is a time and a place for those infernal sticks!

Day 8: Post Office Lane, Westerly, RI to Barn Island Wildlife Refuge, North Stonington, CT One more day on the river. When I woke up, I reflected on the challenges we had overcome. Honestly, it had not been as difficult as I thought it might be. The most significant challenge that we had...