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Great trip report! Thanks for sharing. Looking at your image of “Grass Pond”, I’m not sure you actually made it all the way back into the Pond. You should have seen a dramatic exposed rock face on the right after entering the pond. There is a great campsite with a beach and views of the that...

@Glenn MacGrady I found the full length video of the kayakers. They had some success before the guy that needed rescued. I think it starts around 2:38

This was an older couple fishing and enjoying their evening on the lake. Might be the former sheriff you mentioned and his significant other.

One thing I forgot to mention. When my group was camping in Grass Pond, an aluminum boat with an outboard motor entered the pond and motored around trolling for fish for a couple hours. I wasn’t aware motorized craft were allowed in this area. I assume the boat came from the one private camp on...

Some photos from last weekend’s trip to Lows Lake in the Adirondacks.

I spent the past weekend in Lows. We went in Friday morning 9/18. The parking lot was completely full when I arrived, and that worried me. There was a group putting in when we arrived. On the way into Hitchins Pond from the put in we passed probably a dozen day paddlers on their way out. That...

That’s not me, though I’d be happy to tag along haha.

I have seen folks with clamp on cup holders that clamp to the gunnels.

Caught in a downpour yesterday, Follensby Clear Pond, ADKs:

Glenn, I have used the REI Basecamp 6 tent for almost a decade. It’s my go to car camping or motorized boat camping tent. I have fit 3 large cots in it on fishing trips with my brothers or 5 sleeping pads and a dog on trips with my kids. I can easily stand up in the center of the tent (at...

Saturday, July 18th I was woken by a steady rain just after midnight, and I happily fell back asleep to natures’ music hitting my tent fly. I woke again around 5:00 and stayed in the tent until about 5:30 when the rain stopped. I exited the tent, ate a granola bar, quickly packed my gear while...

The Jordan River runs through the Raquette Boreal Complex in the Adirondack park, and is a place that I had been interested in exploring ever since I read about it in an obscure Adirondack Explorer article. The article claimed it was one of the most “true wilderness experiences you could get in...

Carry Falls Reservoir, Colton, NY, 7/19/26

I’m interested in talking to you about this boat. I sent you a direct message.

Post in thread 'Snake infested water bodies' https://www.canoetripping.net/threads/snake-infested-water-bodies.129538/post-166789 Found it.

I have seen at least one of these snakes every time I have been to the Georgian Bay since I was 7 years old (15+ trips). The problem with these little guys is they like to hang out in blue berry patches and then sun themselves on the rocks covered in dark circular patterned lichen. They can be...

Not to be confused with rabies, but I’ve encountered several raccoons in PA with what I believe was canine distemper. They were wandering aimlessly in my yard in the middle of the day and showed no fear (or recognition) that I was nearby. They did not track my movement as I circled behind them...

@NoelCanoeDad should be able to comment on this. I’ve seen a bunch of his young girls paddling small solo canoes. The Curtis ladybugs and Curtis/hemlock mayfly’s would be good options.

Yes we love it here. Send me a message before you come up. Maybe we can paddle together while you’re in town. What’s the new canoe?

I’m 34 and I purchased my first used solo canoe 2 years ago. I purchased a used solo for my wife the following year. It sounds like we are part of the rare “solo canoeists under 50” club. From my perspective, I think most young people who enjoy the outdoors get hooked on the more heavily...