Outfitting Boats

On the chilly but sunny Saturday afternoon of March 11, 2023, I pulled my canoe out of the storage shed and upgraded some outfitting. It already had yellow floatation bags permanently installed in the bow and stern.  And it already had a purple bag and green river dry bags.  The…


 
 

Intensity

A few years ago, I learned a valuable lesson in outdoor skills and life skills from Eustace Conway at Turtle Island Preserve.  I was taking one of his classes on making fire by friction. The instructor, who was not Eustace, showed us how to find the materials in the woods…


 
 

To Carry or Not to Carry

I have been physically attacked in my law office by a hot headed young man who I defeated in Court and embarrassed the day before. At other times, I have been chased and bitten by big, mean dogs while mountain biking. Once while backpacking in the Slickrock Creek Wilderness of…


 
 

Garmin GPS Map 66i

Years ago the DeLorme company of Maine invented a GPS device the size of two flip phones which held electronic copies of maps and could show you on the map screen where you were located.  When combined with a computer the device could desgn routes and way points to plan…