Campfire [ COMMUNITY ] “Silence and solitude.” RE: WHAT MAKES FOR A PERFECT CANOE TRIP? From a comment posted on Canoeroots’ Facebook page by Marissa Dolotallas.
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Tripping Fun Scale
After returning home, how do you explain to friends and family that a paddling trip full of portages, blackflies and rain was actually really fun? It’s a question Canoeroots’ Facebook fans have struggled with. Chris Gill uses the following line to explain his treasured pastime: “If you’ve never
done it, I can’t explain it. If you have done it, you don’t need an explanation.” Other commenters had a less Zen approach: “I don’t even try. I don’t need more
people on the lake,” wrote Davide Gianforcaro, while Marty Spinde commented, “I just remind them what the gas for their boat costs.” Bill Mart wasn’t concerned by his family’s lack of understanding of his passion,
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Tie One On
When it comes to tying boats down everyone has their own system, but “it was with great amusement” that Greg Betteridge read “Tie Down Essentials” in Cano- eroots, Spring 2014 (
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