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I've been looking into water/canoe trails in a number of states. Seems like many have them. I'll look at the ones in Minnesota. To clarify what I want, I'm looking for something close to a traditional Boundary Waters experience, but portaging canoes along with heavy packs might be out of the...

I probably wouldn't leave my big camera home, when I use a canoe, but might consider it with a kayak. I, normally, keep a "full size" camera in a screw top bucket between my legs. That was pretty much impossible with the kayak, so I used a Kodak WP Z2, while paddling, and took shots in camp...

I was looking at that a bit too. A long time ago, when Lake Powell was backed up past the mouth of the Dirty Devil, I launched from Hite and paddled to Bullfrog. Now, it looks like you are paddling in a river for quite a way before reaching still water. That sounds good, but I'm guessing it's...

I might still be able to do an easy route in the Boundary Waters, but assuming my portaging days are over, I was looking for suggestions for some good campgrounds from which to do basecamp paddling. I would be willing to change basecamp a time or two during a multiday trip. I'd like to avoid...

If I had a brain, I'd be practicing and experimenting with these cameras so I know the best way(s) to operate them and don't mess up when it counts. Since they are so cheap, I'm considering mounting multiple cameras and running, at least, one of them on video. If room is at a premium, such as...

Prior to my last paddling trip, an ad for an inexpensive action camera showed up on my internet feed. It claimed it was highly rated. Curious, but skeptical, I checked it out on Amazon. It was the AKASO EK7000. The reviews were very favorable, so I ordered one and rigged a mount on my kayak...

At the time of my last trip, in late September, I had two solo canoes, two rec kayaks, two touring kayaks, and a sea kayak. I wasn't sure either of my two solo canoes was appropriate for this trip and I've been wanting to do a river trip in one of my touring kayaks, so I went with my Old Town...

Some good photos. I've been going through and scanning some of my old slides and came across these two. I thought the tarantula was fair game because it was on the way to the put-in. That is a white stripe on the road.

I probably already put in my two cents, or I wouldn't have gotten a notice in my mail, but I think the Wenonah Encounter sounds like it would be good choice for you. I owned one and wish I still had it. Fast, very stable, will carry a lot. Great boat. By weird coincidence, I was watching a...

I think long, narrow blades, like Otter tails, tend to be quieter that short, wide blades. Beyond that, I think technique has more to do with it. I used to be a lot noisier than I am now because I didn't plant my blade before pulling back. I imagine a sharp edge helps too. With a double blade...

As someone who has raised a lot of cats, I'm not sure taking a cat in your canoe is a good idea. At the very least, it needs to be harnessed. A cat isn't a dog. It is going to do what it wants to do and that could mean running off. All it would take is something startling it.

A number of my knives are D2 steel. Stainless steel that equals the performance of D2 is prohibitively expensive. At least for me. In the case of Mora knives, the difference in price between high carbon and stainless is only about $6, so, I'm guessing, their high carbon performs better, but...

Like a number of other things, I have way too many knives, I'm guessing around three dozen, and that doesn't include kitchen knives. This is especially weird since I'm more of a scissors guy than a knife guy. At home, about the only thing I use a knife for is opening boxes and cutting meat...

The Werner sizing chart takes both paddler height and canoe width into consideration. They have separate charts for high angle, low angle and whitewater. On their website, pick a paddle, like the Camano and look for the sizing chart link. It's a little hard to spot. What they don't take into...

No, I didn't miss the thread and I posted on it, but I wanted to get into it a little more. I've been paddling solo canoes, with a double blade, for something like 30 years. How many can say that? And how many have over a dozen paddles to experiment with? Do I have all the answers? No...

I've tried longer paddles. I've tried everything. That's why I have over a dozen double bladed paddles. Bending Branches made a double blade, they called a canoe paddle, that was something like 260 cm. I gave it away. My thinking is, get the length you would get if your boat was a kayak and...

Seems like interest in double bladed paddling is increasing. That's good. I'm sold on it. I first started experimenting with paddling my Wenonah Encounter, with a double blade, back in the mid 1990s. I currently own two solo canoes that have been converted to pack style and I have over a dozed...

In all the years I've been paddling, I've only capsized once, though it was touch and go a few other times. I figure the chances of me capsizing, on a class I river, are near zero. A strap around the Action Packer removes and chance of the lid coming off. I'm not a class III paddler. On class...

When I bought my first canoe and started putting together my own trips, I often used a Rubbermaid Action Packer in my packing. It, obviously, isn't waterproof, in a capsize situation, but it is rain proof and splash proof and is super convenient for packing things like stoves, pots and pans...

Looks great. Good job. I think you'll find that it paddles as well as it looks.