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Finally made some time to finish this up. Puts me in the mood to get back out there.

This is always a good time. Make it if you can.

This is how I make my coffee these days and what I'll take on my next canoe trip. So far I've only taken it car camping but I have no doubt it will keep just fine for a canoe trip.

My wooden canoe has a straight yoke, I suppose its more of a thwart than a yoke but either way it is more than a little uncomfortable to carry this thing around. I'm not terribly interested in changing the yoke to one that is yoke shaped largely because this is the original thwart.....and I'm...

I'm having trouble getting a video together for this trip (time wise anyway) so I'll throw out some fotos and a brief rundown of the trip. We started on Rain lk. by the time we got on the water it was afternoon but we didn't have super far to go so we weren't concerned. Stopped on the big...

Short video about my rather limited experience with the bug chaps. Didn't use them much, but thats good because it means the bugs weren't out.

I've never been one to be terribly concerned about looking ridiculous, so this seemed right up my alley. I recently made a new bug net for my hammock and with one of the off cuts I made a pair of these bug chaps. Almost no real effort went into them. I just sewed the off cut into one long tube...

Just completed the online reservation for a 5 night trip to Algonquin this summer. Its going to be much more relaxing than last summers, comparatively speaking, marathon trip. We're putting in on Rain Lk staying 2 nights on Jubilee, 2 nights on Islet, one night back on Rain then back to the...

It time for the quiet water symposium again in Lansing MI. Sadly I won't be able to make it this year as I'm out of town for work. It's always a good time if it's within a reasonable driving distance for you.

This was a 7 day trip that all looked quite reasonable from the comfort of a desk chair, but the time to cover that much ground was more than predicted. It was beautiful country but a little less time to relax than I prefer. There was actually quite a sense of accomplishment to have covered so...

Nothing too exciting here, but the technique is easy enough to use and could be applied in other applications I'm sure. VIDEO LINK

My wife, my friend and I had a nice 6 night stay in Algonquin. We did approximately 50 mile figure 8 shaped route with over 6.5 miles of portaging (nearly 20 miles of walking because we double portage). Weather was better than could be expected, got rained on once or twice by passing clouds but...

I lucked out and was able to get the 17' prospector canoe that I had wanted from the outfitter, it's built by Swift. We took it on a week long paddle in Algonquin and I have to say I really liked it. There is no doubt that it was slower out in the open water than my Spirit II, and my wife felt...

This is my gravity filter system that I use in the backcountry. I made one last summer and was ultimately quite happy with the performance and this year my sister and her family is getting into backcountry camping so I made this for her for their upcoming trip to Boundary Waters. Anyway, it's...

Ive got a trip to Algonquin coming up and I think I'm going to try to rent a prospector just to try something new. Algonquin Outfitters has 17' Swift prospectors that I'm interested in trying. We will be on both lakes and rivers but the rivers are pretty flat, anyone out there do much...

The ice was out on the lake in early April but I couldn't seem to make it down to the lake until April 30..shameful, I know. I live across the street from a pretty small lake but it's nice to throw the boat in and go for a hot lap, takes about 30 leisurely minutes, was nice to be out on the...

Got us a new puppy today, hoping to turn her into a tripper. She's an Irish Terrier and her name is Clíodhna, she's gonna be a lot of work for a while, but she's sweet.

Last season while prepping for a trip I got it in my head that I needed a map case so I decided to make one...why not right? As luck would have it I had all the materials on hand just had to design it and build it, and this is what I came up with, hardly a masterpiece but it did hold a map, so...

As a long time sufferer of G.A.S. I want, if not actually need a new portage pack. My only actual portage pack is of the dry bag variety, one of those Cabella's Boundary packs, it's still going strong, but I think I want more volume. What is the gang here using for a portage pack, the...

I'd be interested in reading up on how to remove a pinned canoe and things of that nature. I'm not a white water paddler, nor do I plan on being one, but even on the fairly benign rivers I paddle strainers are still a possible threat. Or if I cam upon someone hung up I'd like to be able to...