riverstrider

Wind is probably the weather factor I worry about the most. Not so much when I am paddling with experienced folks that know when to stay...

Took two solo canoes for the first time in forever (no heavy arse yak for bride). Fish spawning, bullfrogs too. Still tinkering with my...

I've had some "discomfort" on some trips that certainly made things memorable, but nothing compares to what my friend Jim experienced...

Years ago while on a group trip in Quebec, we where sitting around the fire one evening towards the end off the trip, talking, and the...

I know a few people who's common-sense sectors in their brains are so poorly exercised and atrophied that it is a wonder they are still...

I love opportunities to paddle through forests, but there aren't any large flood control dams in RI so usually paddling through the...

When I think of all the sacrifices my "life" has imposed on my paddling, any sacrifices that tripping has made on my life are...

I look at it a little different. Paddling isn’t a sacrifice that that takes me away from other things. It’s the part of having a...

You could take the gunwales off whatever new canoe you get and cut the scuppers yourself. I did it with a radial arm saw’s router bit...

I'd much rather they use their canoe than throw the empties overboard, lots of good folks take beer on trips and I surely appreciated...

Riding around with a canoe on a car always seems to invite questions, and it's always good when the question is actually about the canoe...

Day 1 : Lichty’s Marina to Lake Nipissing (South of Sandy Island) TOTAL KM: 30 KM | # OF PORTAGES (DISTANCE): N/A We woke up at...

It may be a bit early, but this thread seems appropriate for the annual posting of the Black Fly/Simulium Venustum song

Day 2 : Catfish Lake to Redpine Bay TOTAL KM: 16.9 KM | # OF PORTAGES (DISTANCE): 5 (1.4 KM) Woke up to a bright sunny morning, with...

Day 1 : Cedar Lake to Catfish Lake TOTAL KM: 16.7 KM | # OF PORTAGES (DISTANCE): 5 (3.6 KM) Every time we had have been to Access...