Recent content by Erica

Aslowhand and I drove for several hours into the French part of Switzerland to paddle on Lac de Joux. The paddle in to this favorite camp, turned out to be idyllic and eventful. Here are the stony put-in, you can see the French influence in the change in architecture, Swiss Chalets have been...

We launched from Kanu Klub Thun put-in. I also had a borrowed life jacket from them. It is the most comfortable and secure life jacket I've ever worn, but it can only be used paddling tandem because I cannot get the belts and buckles fastened or unfastened without assistance. There are no...

[Admin note: I have moved the following two posts by @Erica into their own thread in this forum from the Photo of the Day thread.] For lack of any better place to put a Swiss Trip Report, I will post a few photos here instead of a full report. Also, they may not be in order because I am tired...

It's easy. I told him my iphone battery died. Well, not really, but it does help to ask in person. BTW, Glenn, if you want Aslowhand to post about Switzerland, you have to give him a category to put the thread in. (IMO) We have spent a half an hour trying to figure out where to put a trip...

On the Aare River. Aslowhand is the photographer.

Waterfall on the Upper Lake Thoun. Aslowhand is the photographer.

I have a river I’ve never mentioned to anyone.

It is not willows. Give me some credit for my old botany degree. ;) Anyway, you were the one who helped me identify it by its characteristic smell. But of course I could be wrong. I do know it was not alder and not willow. I would love to be corrected if necessary. I’ll try to find some closeups...

Aslowhand and I paddled on Lake Brienz today. The silt from the glacier melt gives the water a turquoise color. The weather was perfect. Very little wind. Switzerland is fantastic.

This sounds like an interesting trip. I hope you post more about it later.

Cree River, Part 10 September 3, 2023, Sunday. Again in this narrative, I'm going to be inadvertently mixing up September 2 and 3. Yesterday (the 2nd) was a long day for me and I was too exhausted at the end of the day to write. There were many rapids, but also a troublesome gusty wind. At one...

August 31, 2023 - Part 9 Thursday, I think. Yesterday was exciting. First on the schedule was a Class II ledge running across the river with sneaks on RR and RL. It occurs after a sharp turn to the left. Supposedly there is an RI running into it which occurs after a sharp turn to RL. I've been...

I was content with my standard $35 binoculars (50 years ago) until someone lent me a much, much better pair. Two blue birds I had been watching and just barely seeing them suddenly jumped so close I could see the feathers. It was amazing. Fifty years later, I have bought a pair of really good...

I agree. I've run into places where no apparent portage is visible from the water and you know there must be one because there is a 50 ft drop coming just ahead. Like Jdeerfoot, I found portages at the last possible place to exit before going over the falls. I discovered this by getting out way...

There is now heavy duty velcro with heavy duty adhesive on one side and heavy duty velcro on the other. I used it to make a bow cover of Tyvek from my Colden Dragonfly before heading out on the Cree. Lots of WW and spray and dunkings later, the Tyvek was falling apart around the velcro which...