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Since they say laughter is the best medicine my simple brain came up with a few questions. 1) teaching at home sounds like a good idea but what does a "gym" teacher teach. There is a video telling kids to practice soccer by kicking a roll of toilet paper around the apartment. Sally "mom the...

where's Waldo photo -- mine is the Jeep with the blue Rapid Fire on the roof, Hint: it has a bright Bag Lady boat cover on it so the boat stands out in traffic.

I guess I'm the odd ball here. My simple brain is telling me that there were 13 million influenza cases (common flu), 120,000 hospitalizations an 6,600 deaths so far in the 2019-2020 cycle according to the CDC. So again not being too bright I look at the number of Covid19 cases and wonder what...

I love that coffee pot -- Thanks Snapper for the wooden spoon. My wife asked me what I was so happy about and I told her I won in a raffle. So she naturally asks "What did you win?" I reply "a wooden spoon" She looked at me like I'm nuts and walked away. There are just some things she'll...

This coincides with the Adirondack Mountain Club paddle outing (July 13 to July 23) at Paul Smith College.. The American Freestyle Symposium is also at the college from July 16 to 19th.

" ...some of it's magic, some of it's tragic But I had a good life all of the way." --- Jimmy Buffett lyrics from " He went to Paris" "Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result" --Einstein "Two roads diverged in a wood, and I -- I took the one less...

After hearing about the Oscars this morning I wondered why we don't have a more relevant award. So I decided we needed the Otters award. I'd like to nominate Robin for the "life time achievement award" for keeping the site up and running when it was about to collapse. DougD for the "directors...

Check is in the mail. Thanks again for doing a great job running the site

Thanks for all the work you do keeping the site up and running.

Come on this is a paddling site lets keep it family friendly and focused on paddling.

This topic got we wondering where the description "junk" came from. That led to what exactly is a junk yard or junk yard dog. What does a junk dealer actually sell. Why do athletes wear special equipment if it's just junk. And the scariest one of all the expression "one man's junk maybe...

This is from today's DEC Adirondack Outdoor Recreation Bulletin. Horseshoe Lake Wild Forest: A major dam rehabilitation project is currently being planned for the Lows Lower Dam (aka Bog River Dam) – the paddlers access site for Hitchens Pond and Lows Lake. The project will likely begin in...

I guess I win the prize for the oldest VW so far and I had the book about 40 years ago. Paid a couple hundred dollars for the old bug after I destroyed my 55 Chevy and needed something to get back and forth to school. Drove the VW my first two years of college then gave it to my father who...

Around the same time six of us were planning a multi-day canoe trip and one of the paddlers said he'd arrange and prepare the meals. Since Gordon kept a kosher diet we'd just go without bacon for a few days so we agreed that he'd be the cook. What none of us knew was that Gordon's mother was...

I've had my RF for a number of years and an estimate would be 500+ entries and exits. I'm not young or flexible and have only been in the water twice. Once when I was rushing to get in while trying to do multiple ponds in an effort to paddle as many different bodies of water as I could in a...

If I get a chance I'll check to see if your boat is done. The ADK club paddle outing and WCHA assembly are both at Paul Smith college next week so it should be a fun week. I know a few years ago Joe made one orange boat but it was heavier due to the color not being mixed in as a tint. Don't...

You''ll enjoy the boat but I swear Joe told me the blue ones are faster than the green. Still remember where I put the first small scratch on it, Stony Creek with the temperature in the 40's after sleeping in a tent at Axton Landing. Now my story is I collect scratches not patches since I love...

Take a look at your SUV's front and rear bumpers. Many of them have small squares that can be removed. The squares hide a mount for "tow eyes" (eye bolts) which work well for tie downs, https://jalopnik.com/heres-what-those-little-shapes-on-car-bumpers-are-for-1792476616

I just got off another site responding to an email from my daughter and felt like I was going blind with it's dim contrast. If I hadn't been to the eye doctor about a week ago I'd be calling their office in a panic right about now. So I understand what you are saying. The Canoetrippimg site...

I heard from Dan Cooke today regarding the tundra tarp. Having purchased one of his hybrid packs a few years ago I know the quality will be excellent and I'm looking forward to using the tarp. Thanks Dan for contributing and Doug for doing a great job keeping Canoetripping up and running.