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Spent some time last weekend at Chevelon Lake about a hour from our place on the Moggollon Rim (Mo-gee-on). I took off on Fri mid morning and came home late Sat evening, putting in a quicky hammock camp near the trail head above the lake and commuting in on foot for the fishing. It's a crunchy 4...

Here's a high country Arizona lake about a hour from our property. I took off on a Fri night and came home Sat evening, putting in a quicky hammock camp near the trailhead. It's a crunchy 4 mile Jeep ride to the trailhead with a 3/4 mile hike to the reservoir. I didn't take a canoe, but I'm...

I repaired the gelcoat on my Tuff Stuff Supernova today. I managed to scrape some off to the fabric in a few spots on my San Juan trip. The repair went good, I'm getting fairly handy with gelcoat :- ) But I notice I have a couple very shallow dents and a crease in my hull. It doesnt feel like...

I impulse bought this boat at a yard sale in MT haha, my wife was looking at some books and I said, 'Help me load our new boat' They are built in WA state, 16' heavy fiberglass layup with a balsa core floor, slightly arched bottom, moderate rocker and about 85lbs :-p I had never heard of such a...

A good trip on the San Juan, very few rain showers, good river flows (always a concern for SW river trips) and most important of all very mild winds. Nothing, but nothing will turn a nice spring southwest canoe trip into a test of endurance like wind will :- ) A 20 to 30 mph day will micro-burst...

The lens and shutter of our Nikon CoolPix 'mysteriously' jammed up after my wife dropped it in the sand on an upper Colorado trip last year so we decided to replace it with something a little more rugged, a Nikon AW130. Waterproof to 100' and supposedly shockproof. My wife is an outdoor wild...

I worked on my boat rigging today. Finished gluing in the NRS PVC patch 1" 'D' rings and drilled the hull for the flotation bag cages. The 550 cord cages aren't quite done yet. I'm debating on drilling small holes in the thwarts for the top of the cage and I'll probably run a cam strap down the...

I picked up a left over permit Fri. :- ) Putting in at Motezuma Creek UT at noon and taking out at Clay Hills about the same time. Self supported canoe only trip with no group planning (show up ready to boat) Except my wife is shuttling and would get folks back to their vehicles from Clay...

It's actually two Austrian military shelter halves rigged Whelen style for the open front shelter thing and it can be rigged full closed as well obviously, but there's lots of ways to rig it. The shelter half kits where only $11 each and came with some very heavy duty stakes and nice aluminum...

I've been eyeing aluminum DO's for awhile and even tripped with folks that used them (lots of guides use them) but until now have never owned one. My new one is getting broken in with thick cut pork chops, potatoes au gratin, SW style with a cheddar/jalapeno cream sauce and pablano chili's, it...

What the International Scale of River Difficulty has to say: Class IV: Advanced Intense, powerful but predictable rapids requiring precise boat handling in turbulent water. Depending on the character of the river, it may feature large, unavoidable waves and holes or constricted passages...

It looks like its going to be a good year for a trip if anybody is interested in jumping in. The San Francisco runs though some beautiful country in the Blue Range Primative Area. Planning on mid-late March, it's a sometimes boney Class II/III twisty run with the likelihood of sweepers and...

Via Wyoming and Montana and stint in Wisconsin haha The wife and I are long time whitewater rafters. We private party the Grand Canyon almost every year, the San Jaun, Yampa, Salt, Verde and Rio Grande. We lived in Bozeman, MT and did all those rivers as well, tripping the Smith most years...