I’m a wimp. Okay, I admit it. I am. I have a terrifying fear of what may be underneath me in a body of water… just beyond my vision. The crazy thing is – I love water!! So, when I found this sweet Wild River Tube at UpsideOver I went wild! YES! It has everything anyone could want in a fun floatation devise; a tough, 30 gauge PVC Inner Tube covered with comfy but rugged 840 Denier Nylon. And, most importantly, it has exactly what I need; a Tube with two cha...

Check it out!  The Transparent Canoe Kayak! Using this kayak-canoe hybrid, made of a transparent polymer hull, could prove to be one the most fun, exciting, educational and , maybe, sometimes a little unnerving experiences you could have.  Kids would love it.  Last month Conny, Aero and I went camping at Harrison Lake, which is a local lake that gets quite a big salmon run this time of year.  The salmon (Coho, I think) were running thick quite near the shore and up into all the little creeks....

I just got back from a visit with our local Porta-Bote representative and I’m quite impressed.  For a long time now my husband, Conny, and I have been wishing that we had a small boat to take backcountry camping with us.  We often go on 4x4 logging roads that are too rough to pull a boat and trailer and some of these roads are quite narrow with tree branches brushing the top of the canopy that makes strapping a bulky boat on the roof not an option.  We find it so frustrating to camp at the ...