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One of the things I miss about doing group trips is playing camp games. Family trips are still essentially a marathon of game nights...

Hello, I am planning to attend Canoecopia at least Friday and Saturday. I am coming from Western PA and am hoping to sell a few canoes...

six friends, five days and four Tipis. Great time! . . 🥰

I had a severely diabetic paddling buddy that went into a low sugar coma while we were on the water; he just slumped over but was able...

There's a couple of ways around that trade off, and they're pretty inexpensive. My helmet covers my ears. I have installed a very...

This isn't in a canoe but it's certainly a possible scenario. I went fishing with some coworkers who were alcoholics and it wasn't...

Thanks for posting this so I don't have to. Just so people know I'm not totally crazy, I do wear a PFD always in moving water (above...

Could that be polers? Whitewater kayakers that stay upside in boats with heads bouncing off rocks? (And yes, those with medical...

Agreed about sleeping on lean to floors! I also like to be able to look outside. And the feel of the fresh air.

I've always used an airtight roll top to store my food and stashed it on the ground away from camp and never had a problem with that. I...

Time to put a bear can in one of your packs. Even though we can often get away with not properly storing our food, as good stewards of...

I did a spur of the moment trip to the Oswegatchie recently and it was a great time. I planned to spend three nights up there poking...

The view isn't quite as good but I started carrying ski poles on some of my regular paddles when the water gets low. I have a couple...

Since this is now in the general safety section: How come more solo canoeists don't use self-righting Type I pfds? Is there a cost to...

Thanks @ErktheRed for the helmet rec and @Punkinhead for the ratings page. Very helpful to have some testing info - the difference in...