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Cliff is on my planned exit route so I'll lift a glass for him (maybe 2... one for me & one for him). I'm not much of a scotch drinker...

The average American who cannot swim 100 yards in a pool is not the most likely person to to find themselves in a situation where they...

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...

My wife kept pestering me to get kayaks, which I did after we got a vehicle that could actually carry them. They were fine kayaks but...

When I retired at age 60 I started sea kayaking, I loved the experience. After about five years I decieded to buy a cheap canoe for duck...

What got me into canoeing? When I realized it was easier to put the packs in the boat and go downhill than it was to put them on my back...

I started at 52 as an adult leader with my sons Scout troop who had a tradition of doing a BWCAW trip each August. Sounded like fun so I...

I grew up hunting, fishing, paddling and camping in the ADK's with my father and uncles. The hunting was OK, I was too young to carry...

For years, our family had a summer cabin at what was then the "Masonic Camp", a family group camp in NY's Harriman State Park. Most...

I don't really know. I guess the saying, "It's in your blood" really applies to me. my Great-Grandfather was a very rich guy (before he...

Brian, remind me to weigh it after glassing the inside & we can check to see how close you are. Planned lay-up is 4 oz e-glass in & out...

I predict that the bare hull weight after sanding should be in the ball park of 18.5 pounds, standard 6 oz glass if you are careful...

I'm not terribly fond of getting soaked in tepid water so I'll go to great lengths to avoid a cold water dunking (zero chance that I'm...

Having read Ramlin Boy’s TR on his visit to Cliff Lk and toast to Uncle Phil, reminded me that I was there with Phil on my first WP in...

What I remember is while 2009 was an extremely rainy, high water year on the Albany, 2010 was a low water year. Uncle Phil’s SR boats...