Paddling on your own is like having a backstage pass to every overlooked lake cove and river slough. Take your canoe where you want, as fast as you want, without the hassle of coordinating strokes—and ...

This week’s quiz: Which is the proper term? A) Dry bag; B) Waterproof bag; or, C) River bag. If you picked C, you’re correct because the river can and will get into it. Regardless, river bags provide ...

This article was published 23/03/2022 (1271 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current. In 2019, artist, wood-, metal-, and leather-worker, historian, and sort-of-retired vagabond ...

Only once in nearly 30 years of paddling have I found myself facing a familiar adage in real life. I couldn't help but chuckle when I realized my mistake while unloading my kayak at the put-in: I'd ...

After my wife and I went canoeing up in northern Minnesota a few months ago—on a lake near the town of Ely, where we had gone to visit the giant neutrino detector of the Soudan Underground Mine State ...

MURRAY, Ky. – Wedged between a produce stand hawking tomatoes and squash and another showcasing an enormous pile of sweet corn going fast at $4 a dozen, Alonzo "Lonnie" Carver is showing a man a ...

Imagine the scene: one minute, you are leisurely paddling a canoe through a pretty tree-lined canal, and the next, you're 126ft in the air still sitting in your boat; how could this possibly be ...

It only takes about 25 minutes of labor to make a canoe paddle at Sanborn Canoe Company, but it can take up to three weeks between gluing the first strips together and painting the final colors.

GRAND JUNCTION — She’s a 15-foot-9-inch-long, lost-art beauty, all graceful curves and elegant flowing lines. She only needs a few bits of fancy trim — and a name — and she’ll be good to go. “She” is ...