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That jogged fond memories of traditional New Year’s Day paddles on my local central Ohio river with a group of fellow fanatics...

Lake Michigan today, looking west towards Illinois from the Michigan side across the southern tip.

It was foggy and cold this morning on the lake... No motorboats, no sailboats, no scullingboats, no other paddlers; I had the lake...

If it's any consolation, I believe your words will inspire many of us to move forward with those "someday" plans. Thank you for sharing...

I'm very sorry to hear this and I'll think of you & your family as I make the rounds of friends and family in the coming weeks. That's...

For seemingly far too long I have walked the halls of the Wilmot Cancer Center learning about organs that needed to be removed, MRI's...

^Yes, loading and carrying - those are the things that seem to get harder quickest without training. I use some free weights and elastic...

I don't have a back forty to keep me in shape, but I'm also a cyclist and I work on muscles for doing stuff like loading a canoe onto my...

For rivers? My Penobscot paddled backwards has never left me without a smile on my face. Love that all-rounder.

I've come to enjoy building canoes during the winter and experimenting with different wood combinations. The decision of what to build...

Not my idea. At least for me, it came from this forum. It's a piece of aluminum angle that I've bolted under the shoe of the circular...

The lake hasn't frozen over completely for decades; the last time this happened was in the winter of 1962/63 (I was just a toddler...

Thanks Benson for looping me into this thread. Though I'm not really familiar with Alaskan paddle designs, there is a long tradition of...

Lake Michigan today, looking west towards Illinois from the Michigan side across the southern tip.

The lake hasn't frozen over completely for decades; the last time this happened was in the winter of 1962/63 (I was just a toddler...