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  1. RickR

    Paddlers and Snow Walkers Gathering, Thetford VT, October 13-15, 2023

    This is a new event to us, but Karen and I are looking forward to attending. There is a nice new website where detailed information is available. The program looks great and the presenters are outstanding. The website is https://www.paddlerssnowwalkersvt.org/
  2. RickR

    Maine Canoe Symposium, June 11, 2022

    Karen and I attended last year as first timers. We learned a lot, had a great time, and met some incredibly nice and talented people. This year's symposium will again be held at U.Maine's 4-H Camp and Learning Center at Bryant Pond, Maine. It is a wonderful venue for this event. Registration is...
  3. RickR

    Maine Canoe Symposium

    Karen and I made a long day trip to Bethel, ME last Saturday to attend the ME Canoe Symposium. We'd never been, it was their 35th year, and it was stellar! There were two tracks; land and water. Karen covered land, as she's on crutches nursing a broken foot (unicycle crash). Ray Reitze and Gil...
  4. RickR

    Dog PFD

    We want to get our 30 pound Brittany, Libby, a PFD before the start of this season. She loves the water and swims well, but is prone to overconfidence and poor judgement. Last Spring when we stopped to pick fiddleheads on an island in the Winooski River she decided to go for a swim and jumped...
  5. RickR

    First Build: 17'-6" J. Winters "Yukon"

    Karen and I need a larger canoe for lake and river tripping. I've been contemplating building for a while and finally have space to set up and do it. I've read Canoecraft and Gilpatrick's books as well as most of the past build threads on this forum so I guess I'm sufficiently "armed and...
  6. RickR

    Hello From Vermont

    I'm sure I would never have found this marvelous site but for a chance encounter with DougD on the Rapid River last fall in Maine. I've been lurking and learning ever since. My wife Karen and I started canoe tripping 4 years ago, in an inherited Royalex, 16 foot, Mad River Explorer with...
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