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After moving to Texas nearly two years ago, I finally made an overnight canoe trip. After lurking around this forum for a while, I finally opted for the Colorado River, about an hour west of my home straight down I-10. We put in at Beason's Park in Columbus, TX. River gage was at 10.1'. The...

Today, the kids had the day off of school, and I'm at the use-it-or-loose-it point with my vacation days (so I'm using it right now!). Ethan and I took the canoe to Columbus, TX and put in on the Colorado River. It was a great day. Temps in the 60s when we put in around noon. Nice, clear...

And if you like that, you should see the expensive firewood I made right after this :oops:

It was not even a week about that I was whining about not being able to find the time to go out and "do" things since our move to Texas. Well, as it turns out, I was able to finally put my canoe in some Texas water today. Ethan and I headed to the Brazos launch at FM1093 just west of...

I'm just returning from our family "stay-cation" in Fontainebleau State Park, just down the road from our house, and just adjacent to one of my favorite paddling getaways, Cane Bayou. Last year I brought my aluminum barge Grumman canoe and a plastic sit-on-top. This year, having just finished...

I officially launched my "new" boat today. I went to Cane Bayou in Lacombe. My usual haunt. Lots (LOTS!) of mullet in the bayou, nearly all the way up to the put-in. Not sure if the Bonne Carre Spillway has anything to do with it, but I've never seen mullet in the bayou although I've heard...

I can finally utter the words: "I built a boat." After nearly two and a half years, I've finished the "six hour canoe." While applying the third coat of varnish on the bottom, I made up my mind that this would be it. Of course, it was the poorest coat of varnish I put on, but oh well. I'm...

I recently bought a Dutch Oven with some birthday gift cards that have been lying around for the last few months. Piper's mastery of that particular camping implement on our holiday trip had me thinking... "I gotta get me one of those" :shock: We were hoping to get a camping trip in this...

...is nearing an end. :shock: For those of you may not recall, I started building an Uncle John's Pirogue a little while back http://www.southernpaddler.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=6150 For whatever reasons (I'll skip the excuses) I've just never finished the damn thing. I've already...

I was clicking through some old bookmarks the other day and found this: Spudholes Pretty neat concept. A hull thru-hole with a glassed PVC pipe to drive your cajun anchor (stick) through and keep you stationary. I was just wondering how many folks have seen something like this before. BTW...

I got this in an email today. I thought this would be a good place to share it... As a bagpiper, I play many gigs. Recently I was asked by a funeral director to play at a graveside service for a homeless man. He had no family or friends, so the service was to be at a pauper's cemetery in the...

I posted another thread about a recent family get away and all the fun we had. Well, it seems my over sized chiquita banana didn't fair so well. Upon closer inspection, it seems the boat was dragged across the concrete, leaving a "smallish" hole in the very end of the keel. Not as big as the...

Not so much a trip report... more of a family vacation report. Just got back from a long weekend trip just up the road at Fontainebleau State Park. We stayed in the new (since Katrina) cabins on Lake Pontchartrain. It was an extended family gathering and really just an excuse to get out of...

Since April, I haven't been able to get Piper's stuffed jalapeños off my mind. So I figured I'd give it a try... I included my recipe on the second pic. Here is the link to the photo album: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=65671&id=1390496075&l=b4abf8f4f8* *edit: I modified the link...

...or Pecot de Gallo, or... whatever. I thought I posted this last year, but I guess not. Here is the original recipe a buddy of mine gave me. He has since moved to the left coast, so I changed it up slightly and called it my own :roll: 1 28 oz can Progresso Crushed Tomatoes 1 Medium...

I did a forum search on "knife" and "knives" but didn't really see what I was looking for... I've got a Leatherman multi-tool and I use it a lot. But I'm thinking of adding a fixed or folding bladed knife to my inventory. Looking for opinions and experiences... What do you carry with you when...

As mentioned in another post in the "General" section, I've been rather busy this second half of the year with various family activities (I wont even talk about the skirt and pompom thing :shock: ) generally referred to as "life." As a result, my build project has dropped in priority and has...

Saw this online today. Wow, that's a biggie: http://www.thenewsstar.com/article/2009 ... tuan-catch

After a stressful week of work and after suffering a mild case of burnout over here, I decided I needed to get on the water. Ethan and I loaded up the battleship and headed to Cane Bayou between Lacombe and Mandeville, LA. Put in is on Hwy 190. Cane Bayou separates Fountainebleau State Park...

OK, there's a million threads related to epoxy and I can't seem to find this specific question... I've done the first epoxy coat on my fiberglass cloth. I've got a couple more coats to go to fill the weave (at least, that's what I've read). It will be at least another day before I have time...