Welcome to In the Same Boat, Paddling.net's weekly column! Got a question—about trip-planning, say, or camp cooking, or reading the water of a wild river? Whatever you need to know, you've come to the right place. Tamia Nelson and Farwell Forrest have written about 500 articles for us, and chances are pretty good that you'll find an answer to your question by clicking on one of the links below. But what if you can't find what you're looking for—or if you've found a better way? Easy. Don't keep it to yourself. Send Tamia and Farwell a heads-up. Ask them a question. Or set them straight. Either way, tell them what's on your mind. After all, whether you're a canoeist or a kayaker, a novice or an expert, when it comes right down to it, we're all in the same boat. And that's exactly where you are now: In the Same Boat. Read on! In a hurry? Then jump right in. These links will take you straight to the topic that interests you: Maps and Dreams—Trip-Planning Impedimenta—Boats and Gear Different Strokes—Technique and Safety Getting Around—The Art of Backcountry Travel Alimentary, My Dear—Food and Cooking It's Only Natural! Voyages of Discovery Air, Earth, and Water—Natural History Voices From the Wild—The Silent Majority Waterway Rambling—Back to the Future Paddling through Time—Paddlesport History Beyond the Beauty Strip—Ethics and Environment Wheel of the Year—Spirit and Season Our Readers Write—Letters and Commentary Spotlight—Books and Videos for Paddlers Trip of a Lifetime—A Paddlesport Novel Or would you rather browse? No problem! Start here… Maps and Dreams—Trip-Planning Secrets Where Am I to Go? Finding a Place to Paddle Breaking Away: Secrets of an Escape Artist Breaking Away: In Praise of Day Trips Weekend Adventures: The Art of the Quick Get-Away Weekend Adventures: Thinking Small Weekend Adventures: On the Water Planning a Big Trip: Anticipation Planning a Big Trip: Maps and Dreams Planning a Big Trip: Troubleshooting a River Planning a Big Trip: Staying Found Planning a Big Trip: Back to the Dining-Room Table Planning a Big Trip: Friends and Lovers Hooking Up: Perils and Pitfalls Impedimenta—Boats and Gear The Boats That Float Us Nice Boat! Whaddaya Call It? Canoe or Kayak? A Guide for First-Time Buyers Starting Out in Canoeing: A Canoe for All Reasons Hell of a Vision: The Kayak Comes Back The Flip Side of Kayaks Tippy Canoe? Beyond Static Stability The Case for (and Against) the Solo Boat In Praise of the Pack Canoe Is a Pack Canoe the Right Canoe for You? Small Is Beautiful: Fans of the Pack Canoe Speak Out Double Talk: Choosing a Boat Built for Two SOTto Voce? Sit-on-Tops Are Here to Stay Tips for First-Time SOT Buyers Canoe, Kayak, or Sit-On-Top? Outriggers: A Question of Balance Saying Goodbye: When to Retire Your Boat Outfitting Your Boat The Joy of Lists: Looking for the Ultimate List The Boat Who Couldn't Sink: Flotation Made Easy Make Mine Dry! Keeping the Water Out of Your Gear A Paddle to Call Your Own A Double-Bladed Paddle in a Single-Seat Canoe? Spare Me! Lessons From Up the Creek At the End of Your Tether? The Pros and Cons of Tying It On Steady as She Goes! Rudders—Who Needs 'em? The Pros and Cons of Canoe Spray Covers Canoe Spray Covers: More Pros and Cons Overland: Storing, Car-Topping, and Portaging Big Boats+Small Place=Big Problem Home Port—Making a Berth for Your Boat Home Port—A Better Boathouse Home Port—More Ways to Rack Your Boats Home Port—A Kayak Attic You Can Build Breaking Away: Anatomy of a "Paddle Van" A Boat-Hauling Omnibus Taking Your Boat on the Road SUVtopping: Of Bucket Loaders and High Rollers There and Back Again: Doing the Car-Shuttle Rag—And More There be Pirates: Foiling 21st-Century Thieves There be Pirates: Keep Track of Your Rack! Finding Your Bliss on the Portage Trail No Yoke! The Secret of Almost Painless Portaging Rediscovering the Wheel—The Lure of Portage Carts (and More) It (Sometimes) Takes Two: Carrying a Canoe It (Sometimes) Takes Two: Portaging Kayaks and SOTs Up Close and Personal—Clothes Make the Paddler Finding the Perfect PFD The Eyes Have It! Protective Eyewear for Paddlers Insights on Eyewear: Tips for Paddlers Hey, Ho, the Wind and the Rain: Tips on Winning the Shell Game Getting Fleeced: Dressing for 21st Century Amphibious Ops In Praise of the Neck Gaiter Hands On! Getting a Grip on Gloves and Mittens The Bottom Line: Putting Your Best Foot Forward The Bottom Line: Return of the Overshoe NEOS Trekkers Take a Licking and Keep On Kicking Boots: The Dynamic Duo Boots: In Wellington's Footsteps Dressing for Success, on the Water and Off Camp, Sweet Camp Water Treatment Options: Is It Safe? Is It Legal? Water Treatment Options: The State of the Mart A Second Look: Water Treatment Brought Up to Date The SteriPEN Reconsidered Sweet Repose: It's in the Bag The Search for the Ideal Sleeping Bag Smoothing It: Hanging Out in a Hammock Between a Rock and a Hard Place? Just the Place for a Pad! Sleeping on Air To Knit Up the Ravell'd Sleeve of Care Simple and Good: In Praise of the Canoe Shelter In Search of the Ideal Tent Image-ine That! The Eyes Have It The Far-Seeing Eye: Why Binoculars? The Far-Seeing Eye: Binoculars for Paddlers The Far-Seeing Eye: Focusing on Monoculars Small is Beautiful: Getting Close to Nature with a Hand Lens Digital Girl: Reflections on the Power of the Image Backcountry Photography: The Point-and-Shoot Option Backcountry Photography: Sharpshooting for Shutterbugs, Part 1 Backcountry Photography: Sharpshooting for Shutterbugs, Part 2 Backcountry Photography: Out in the Cold Backcountry Photography: Down the Trail Backcountry Photography: Going the Extra Mile Backcountry Photography: Seeing the Light Backcountry Photography: Through the Sunstone Backcountry Photography: You Don't Have to Go With the Flow! Backcountry Photography: Flights of Fancy Backcountry Photography: Hunting Wildlife With Your Camera Backcountry Photography: Snapping in the Rain Backcountry Photography: Up Close and Personal Backcountry Photography: Color Sense Backcountry Photography: The Digital Darkroom Backcountry Photography: Reflections on Water Backcountry Photography: Bringing It All Together, Part 1 Backcountry Photography: Bringing It All Together, Part 2 Backcountry Photography: Shoot the Action! Backcountry Photography: How Do You Keep Your Hands Warm? Backcountry Photography: The Raynox DCR-150 Close-Up Lens Backcountry Photography: Taking the Broad View Backcountry Photography: Day of the Tripods Backcountry Photography: Telephoto Lenses Backcountry Photography: Monopods Backcountry Photography: First Steps in the Forests of the Night Backcountry Photography: The Lure of Falling Water Backcountry Photography: Get It Down in Black and White The Practical Paddler A First-Aid Kit for Your Boat and Gear Duct Tape: Help When Everything Comes Unstuck A Stitch in Time Full Circle—Spring Gleaning Made Simple A Water Bag That Costs You Nothing Making a New-Fashioned Tumpline Do-It-Yourself Deadmen Pattern-Making with a Jogglestick Refitting an Ammo Can as a Camera Box A New Seat for an Old Canoe Sitting Pretty—Making a Good Seat Even Better Sew What? Body Armor for Vulnerable Electronics Sew What? A Raincoat for Your Camera The Things We Carry—The Contents of Our Personal Packs Secrets of My Ditty Bag Picture This! A Look Inside a Paddler's Ditty Bag The Eleventh Essential: The Versatile Ammo Can The 'umble Tarp: Shelter for the Masses Ponchos Cover Our Keisters The Bandanna—Jack of All Trades Keep It Under Your Hat! The Pinnacle of Paddling Fashion Putting North in Our Pockets: Our Compasses Why Has the Little Huntsman Compass Grown So Big? The Brunton 27LU Compass: The Huntsman Rechristened The Case for Maps Sound Off and Light Up! Signals That Work for Us The Ties That Bind—The Many Uses of Lanyards The Indispensable Bailer and Sponge Putting a Bit of Stick About: Why We Carry Walking Sticks Knives in Our Lives Looking Sharp: Life on the Edge Beyond Looking Sharp: Caring for Your Knife When Small Is Not Beautiful: Big Blades for Big Jobs Showing Your Teeth: Saws for Paddlers Holding Our Water: Botas, Bottles, Bladders, and More The Power of Nothing: The Magic of the Vacuum Bottle Frame of Reference: The Freighter Packframe Basket Case: Why We Like Pack Baskets The Pack That Made Duluth a Household Word The Rucksack That Came in from the Cold War The New Look of "War Surplus" Secrets of My Getaway Pack Picture This! Organizing Your Getaway Pockets: You Can Never Have Too Many! A Paddler's Talismans Clothing to Go The Organization Woman Goes Paddling The Other Ten Essentials, Part 1 The Other Ten Essentials, Part 2 GPS and Me: An Unlikely Romance Where On Earth Is Tamia? Only Her GPS Knows for Sure Does Your GPS Have a Future? Buddy, Can You Spare the Time? E-Mail on the Trail? Well, Almost Keeping it Simple With the Trangia Spirit Burner Tempest in a Teapot: The Samovar Goes Native Little Luxuries That Don't Weigh You Down Bibliotrekking, or How to Carry a Library in Your Pack Books Are Just the Beginning: Kindle in the Backcountry All Charged Up: Choosing Electronic Cellmates Headlamps to Dispel the Dark Different Strokes—Technique and Safety Starting Out Ten Things No Paddler Should Be Without When Carrying the Ten Essentials Isn't Enough Ten "Nonsentials": Bad Advice from Backpacker Starting Out: Questions that New Paddlers Ask Moving On: When You're No Longer a Beginner Question Time: Messing About in Boats Adrift in the Doldrums? When Having Fun Becomes a Chore Staying Alive! Dressing to Dis Mr. Death Staying Alive! Rules to Live By Jerk to Inflate: The Dumbing-Down of Paddlesport A Sporting Chance? Risk, Sport and Personal Responsibility Self-Reliance: Heeding the Still, Small Voice KISS and Tell: A Personal Approach to Paddling Fall of the Leaf: The Art of Peaceful Coexistence Basic Training Starting Out in Canoeing: Getting Your Feet Wet Different Strokes: Going Straight Moving On: A River Runs Through It Moving On: Going Against the Flow Different Strokes: Double Your Pleasure? Starting Out in Kayaking: Déjà Vu All Over Again The Ins and Outs of Kayaking I Want Out! Not Quite 50 Ways to Leave Your Kayak Strait is the Gate: Taking the Wiggle Test How to Stay on an Even Keel Safety First—Staying Out of Trouble Hubris, Nemesis, and the Kindness of Strangers What I Learned from Deliverance Early and Provident Fear: The Case for Scouting Early and Provident Fear: Lessons Learned at the End of the World The Scouting Imperative: Keeping Things in Perspective Whispering Death: Strainers, Sweepers, and You Clapotis: The Sound of Two Waves Clapping Keeper by Name, Keeper by Nature The Prefloat Check: Making It from Bold to Old Show Your Colors! Are You Bright or Outta Sight? Reflections on Radar More Reflections on Radar The Cold-Water Paddling Omnibus Advice to Would-Be Ice Pilots The Pleasures and Pitfalls of Early-Season Boating Winning the Cold War: How NOT to Die of Hypothermia In the Heat of the Day: Keeping Cool on the Water Why Chill Out? The Challenge of Late-Season Paddling Bottoms Up? Keeping Your Head Above Water Keeping a Swamped Boat Right Side Up Swim Time! Coping with Capsizes No Boat! What Happens Next? Gearing Up for Open-Water Crossings Caught Out! Weathering Roaring Wind and Rain Lightning is Frightening Singing in the Rain! The Lone Canoeist: The Importance of Being Prepared Self-Rescue for Solo Canoeists Worst-Case Scenario: Plan to Survive! Worst-Case Scenario: Lessons Learned Worst-Case Scenario: A Solo Kayaker's Harrowing Story Worst-Case Scenario: A Short Course in NOT Drowning Worst-Case Scenario: What Goes Around… Lessons Learned: Nemesis Never Sleeps Lessons Learned: Thunder? I wonder… Lessons Learned: Lightning Does Strike Twice Lessons Learned: Recovering a Swamped Kayak in Fast Water In Good Company: One for All, and All for One? The Art and Science of Staying Found Navigating Without Batteries: First Things Navigating Without Batteries: The Threefold Path Navigating Without Batteries: A Tale of Two Norths Navigating Without Batteries: Compasses for Paddlers Navigating Without Batteries: Why Compasses Go Wrong On the Map: First Steps On the Map: Traditional Navigation in a Digital World On the Map: Is History Vanishing? On the Map: Topos to Go! On the Map: Winning the Paper Chase On the Map: The Paper Chase Continues Ropework for Paddlers Knots to Know! Basic Ropecraft for Paddlers Knots to Know! Second String Never Tie a Knot Again? Not on Your Life! Knots to Know! The Versatile Prusik Hitch ItZa Drag: Putting the Z-Drag to the Test Last Word on the Z-Drag Learning the Ropes: Putting Splice in Your Life Learning the Ropes: Whip 'em into Line! Learning the Ropes: A Knotty Problem Solved Learning the Ropes: The Line on Painters Learning the Ropes: More Lines on Painters Making Connections: Carabiner Basics Secrets of a Happy Camper Smoothing It: Secrets of a Happy Camper A Place for Everything Gimme Shelter! Weathering the Storm Tarps: Know How You Fold 'em A Room With a View Life's a Beach: Camping on the Edge Breaking Away: The Art of Breaking Camp Coping with Mosquitoes, Punkies, and Blackflies One Match Is All You Need A Fire Starter You Can Make Looking Beneath the Surface—Reading Water Anatomy of a River: Headwaters Anatomy of a River: Whitewater! Anatomy of a River: BIG Water Anatomy of a River: After the Flood Eddies, Up Close and Personal More About Eddies: The Big Picture Ferry Useful! Letting the River Do the Work Anatomy of a Lake: Unmasking Mr. Hyde How to Put the Flat Back in Flatwater The Complete Boatpacker Too Much Gear? What to Do When Push Turns to Shove Picture This! Packing a 'Yak Picture This! A Better Way to Portage Your 'Yak Using Your Head: Toting Your Load with a Tumpline One Foot in the Grave? Paddling With the Over-the-Hill Gang Yes, There Is a Paddling Life After 50 Lighten Up! Hints on Lightsizing Your Gear A Pain in the…Shoulder! Beating the Bonk! Oh! My Aching Back! A Joint Like This: Tales From the Gimpy Knee Club Finding Your Comfort Zone Winning the Battle of the Bulge The SOT-Need Factor Airborne Get the Massage Strike a Blow for Comfort—Send in the Air Core! Sitting Pretty in the Backcountry Health and Comfort Items Mass Transit: The Michelin Man Goes Paddling Mass Transit: Straight Skinny Mass Transit: Improvise, Adapt, and Overcome The Survival Kit That's Always With You Doc in a Box: Building Your Own Medical Kit Beyond First Aid: Backcountry Medical Emergencies Where's the Rub? Coping With Chafe and Blisters There's a Sucker Born Every Minute: Living with Ticks The Whole Tooth: Backcountry Dental Care When You Gotta Go: Straight Poop on Backcountry Sanitation A Little Light Relief: Wetsuits, Drysuits, and Calls of Nature A Little Light Relief: Fundamental Issues Cleaning Up in the Backcountry—From the Skin Out Cleaning Up in the Backcountry—After the Meal is Over Cleaning Up in the Backcountry—Laundry Day! Girl Talk: Tips for Woodswomen Girl Talk: Stand and Deliver! Girl Talk: Going It Alone Getting Around—The Arts of Backcountry Travel Off the Beaten Track—Travelers' Tools The Rope Trick: Tracking Your Way Up a River The Lure of Lining When It's Time to Punt: The Art of Poling Wade, Wade, Wade Your Boat… Get Out and Get Over! Doing the Beaver Dam Shuffle Glorious Mud! Keeping Dry in a Wet World Off the Beaten Track: Bushwhacking Basics The Paddler Ashore: From Cow Cane to Trekking Pole Staying Found: It Beats the Alternative Get Lost! A Case Study in the Gentle Art of Bushwhacking Putting the “Old Woman” to Work—Harnessing the Wind How Hard is It Blowing? Taking the Measure of the Breeze Putting the Old Woman to Work: Canoe Sailing Sailors' Choice: Ways to Ride the Wind Sail Talk: Afloat on a Sea of Words, Part 1 Sail Talk: Afloat on a Sea of Words, Part 2 The Amphibious Paddler—Tips for No-Octane Trips On Your Bike? Why Not! Paddlers' Wheels—Bikes for Boaters Outfitting for Adventure All Systems Go! The Pre-Ride Check Rules of the (Asphalt) Road—Getting to the Put-In Trailering Your Boat with a Bike The Finer Points of Trailering Bag It! A Boat to Fit Your Bike The Freedom of the Hills Amphibious Trekking: Rediscovering the World on Your Doorstep Off Season? Making It Through Winter Weathering Winter in Style: On the Home Front Weathering Winter in Style: More from the Home Front Weathering Winter in Style: Exploring the Frozen World Weathering Winter in Style: Snowshoeing Ups and Downs Weathering Winter in Style: Snowshoeing — After the Fall On Thin Ice: Is It Safe? On Thin Ice: Stepping Out On Thin Ice: Breaking Through—Self-Rescue and Beyond Alimentary, My Dear—Fuel for Paddlers Getting Started Navigating Through Ten Years of "Alimentary My, Dear" Backcountry Menus to Go Bonk-Busters! Queen of Tarts — An Unlikely Snack Credit Crunch Bars — Better Than Store-Bought Setting the Bar Higher Food for Thought Good to Go: Keeping Food Fresh Under Way Dry It On! Putting Something By For A Rainy Day The Gluten-Free Paddler Gluten Freedom — Tips for Gluten-Sensitive Paddlers Thirst Is a Dangerous Thing Water, Water, Everywhere, But Not a Drop to Drink? No Sweat! Power Drinking and Eating Made Easy A Jug of Wine The Tao of Tea Java Jive: The Ch'i of Coffee At Last! Camp Coffee Worth Getting Up For Camp Coffee — It's the Taster's Choice Everycook's Staple Foods Meez Matters: The Camp Cook's Indispensables. Packing a Punch with Spices and Herbs Add a Little Zest to Your Life Our Daily Bread The Fat of the Land Gifts From the Home Farm Fiber: Taking the Rough With the Smooth Single-Serving Condiment Packets: From Cafeteria to Camp Flavor From a Tube, or Why I Love Amore Starting the Day What's for Breakfast? From Hand to Mouth: A Sandwich for Breakfast? Hot Stuff: Breakfast Cereal That Sticks by You Oatmeal: Simple, Good, and Cheap French Toast Nuggets Minipizzas for Breakfast? Why Not? From Soup to Nuts Bean Soup for Everyone! Soup's On! Making Your Own Dried Soups Make Mine Mulligatawny Tomatoes Fit to Hit the Trail Salad Days: Greens (and More) to Go Fruit for Thought! Fast Food Under Way: Focusing on Fruit Go Nuts! Don't Eschew Cashews! Pistachio Pastiche Alternatives for Paddlers With Nut Allergies Glorious, Gutsy Garlic Marmite? It's a Love-Hate Thing Marmite? Again? Will It Be Love This Time Around? Come ’n Get It! Pizza to Go? Why Not! Quick and Easy Minipizzas Bruschetta? You Betcha! Home-Cooked Meals in Camp? Why Not? Bagels—From the Deli to Your Belly New Takes on Journey Cakes Sweet and Savory Skillet Biscuits Simply Delicious Dumplings A Slump You Won't Want to End Have You Had Your Oats Today? Rice to Go Risotto, Again? The Wonders of Rice Rasta—A New Riff on an Old Favorite! Use Your Noodle Pasta, Pronto! Endless Pastabilities One-Pot Pasta Terrific Tortellini Noodles Like You've Never Known Them Putting My Orzo In Mac and Cheese — Thinking Outside the Box More Mac and Cheese, Please. Making the Case for Couscous The Power of Fusion Sausage: When Only the Wurst Will Do Just Say CHEESE! A Shore Lunch With a Difference This Spud's For You Mad About Mushrooms Use Your Bean! The Joy of Not Cooking The Middle Way—Minimalist Cooking A Box Lunch Primer Dinner's in the Can Fast Food Under Way: Quesadillas Fast Food Under Way: Satays Fast Food Under Way: Egg and Couscous Saute A Whole in One: One-Pot Meals Made Easy Where's the Beef? Building Meatless Backcountry Menus The Man-Cooking Way Eating Well in the Backcountry Without Meat or Milk Mush Makes the Meal—From Porridge to Polenta Tortilla Round SPAM®—The Meat We Hate to Love Skillet Frittatas? Why Not? Sweets and Treats Chocolate: The Food of the Gods Go Nuts Over Nutella® Lift Your Spirits! Hot Treats for Cold Paddlers Chill Out! Cool Treats for Hot Paddlers Just Desserts More Just Desserts Secrets From the Test Kitchen: Apple of My Eye Three Quick Breads Anyone Can Bake Skillet Chocolate Chip Cookies Skillet Brownies Popcorn Blowout Other Times, Other Places Hardtack for Hard Traveling Lean Times, Hard Rations Stone-Age Cuisine Chopsticks, Anyone? The Portable Pantry—Food and Trip-Planning Planning for a Big Trip: First Things Food for the Long Haul Building a Menu The Other Family Jewels: Pots and Pans Cast-Iron Joy Is This the End of the Iron Age? Packing Heat: Fuel for Thought Fire in the Hole! Campfire Cookery It's Only Natural! Personal Voyages of Discovery Paddling with a Purpose First, Do No Harm: A Paddler's Decalogue Making Your Own Luck: Outfitting for Discovery Write On! Fixing Images on the Emulsion of Memory Shape and Shadow: The Art of Sketching Eye and Hand: Practical Art for Paddlers Eye and Hand: Tools of the Trade Eye and Hand: Just a Quick Sketch Eye and Hand: Depth and Definition Eye and Hand: Drawing Water Eye and Hand: A Perspective on Landscape Eye and Hand: Caught on the Fly Eye and Hand: Color Your World Eye and Hand: Pencils or Pixels—Or Both? Eye and Hand: The Colors of Water Eye and Hand: Monochrome Monologue Eye and Hand: Root and Branch Eye and Hand: Studio Voyaging It's Only Natural: Acquainted with the Night It's Only Natural: On the Water The Enduring Legacy of Professor Secchi The Lure of Small Water In the Company of Trees Going to the Birds Streams in the Desert: Wildness in Man's Shadow It's Only Natural: Waste Not, Want Not Wildcountry Palimpsest: Incident in a Beech Wood Wildcountry Palimpsest: The Track of the Porcupine Wildcountry Palimpsest: The Devil of the Woods Air, Earth, and Water—Natural History for Paddlers The Four Pillars The Four Pillars of the Paddler's World: Water The Four Pillars of the Paddler's World: Earth, Fire, and Air The World of Water A First Look at the Stuff that Holds Us Up Between Two Worlds Revolution Beneath the Surface The Life History of a Wave Liquid Assets—Marsh, Bog, and Swamp The Joy of Swamps Salt Marshes Where Water Meets Rock—Of Gravity and Geology The Dynamics of Moving Water: Theme and Variation The Dynamics of Moving Water: Rhythm and Tempo On the Beach Surf's Up! Where the Sea Meets the Land Coastwise: Exploring the World at Land's End Barrier Islands and Beaches Where the River Meets the Roadstead Eskers: Remembrance of Rivers Past Hidden in Plain Sight: Legacies From the Last Ice Age The Ins and Outs of Potholes Discourse of Rivers: A Tale of Two Rivers Discourse of Rivers: It’s a Matter of Scale A Discourse of Rivers: Current Affairs A Discourse of Rivers: Before You Take the Plunge Debriefing a Rapids The Restless Air Weather Happens Under Pressure: Using a Barometer Anvils of the Gods: Thunderstorms Season of Mists: The World of Fog Portraits of Weather: The Language of Clouds Flora and Fauna Palimpsest: The Living Legacy of the North American Beaver The Lively World of Dead Trees The Trees: The Noble Beech The Trees: The Fragrant Fir The Trees: The Hardy Tamarack The Paddling Naturalist: Life on the Edge Stinkhorns, Earthtongues and Dead-man's Fingers The Noxious Twins: Poison Ivy and Poison Oak Alien Invasion! Sex in the Water: 200 Million Years Old and Still Going Strong The Double Life of Amphibians Sex on the Wing: Mosquitoes, Punkies, Blackflies, and You Silent Summer: The Voice of the Wilderness Fades Away The Big Sleep: Waiting for Warmth to Return Drummers in the Walls The Courage of Turtles The Industry of Skunks Sucker! The Skillful Leech The Big Small World of Woolly Bears No Sluggards, These The Lord of the Trees Is it a Beaver or a Muskrat? Picture This! Birds of the Water's Edge Read All About It! Books for Nature-Lovers Nature's an Open Book: The Living World Nature's an Open Book: The Physical World Nature's An Open Book: Virtual Voyages Voices From the Wild—The Silent Majority Speaks Out Ratatosk: A Red Squirrel The River Warden: Chipmunk on Our Doorstep Not a Creature Was Stirring: A Mouse in the House Boyz in the Woods: Coyote Tells It Like It Is The Sisterhood: Blackflies, Nietzsches of the North Woods Talking Turkey: Return of a Native Last Beachhead? Sea Turtle Blues Busy as a Beaver The Sounds of Silence: A Chickadee Looks at His World Waterway Rambling—Paddling Back to the Future Making Connections Back to the Future Oh, for a Short Ship! Boats for Ramblers Picking Up the Thread Upstreaming Made Easy Paddling through Time—The Canoe and Kayak in History In the Beginning: The Well-Traveled Barrister In the Beginning: The Little Giant In the Beginning: The Boy-Men Backwaters: Three Men in Three Boats on the Danube Backwaters: Treasure for the Taking Backwaters: The Curious Story of Three Men in a Boat Backwaters: The World of Wind in the Willows War in a Wilderness: The Siege of Khartoum War in a Wilderness: The Campaign of the Cataracts Beyond the Beauty Strip—Ethics and Environment Home Water: A Purpose in Liquidity Bad Idea! Trespass and "Commando Camping" Burning Issues: When to Say NO to a Campfire—and Why Keep It Clean! Practical Ecology for Paddlers Monofilament, Deadly Deceiver When It's Not a Good Idea to Look the Other Way Talking Trash More Trash Talk TANSTAAFL: Hiawatha Meets the Dismal Science The View from Hubbert's Peak Wheel of the Year—Reflections on Spirit and Season In the Same Boat: Getting Acquainted The Prodigals Return: In The Same Boat is Back Collateral Damage: Memorial Day Reflections The Third Season: The Best of Times The Third Season Revisited: The Worst of Times? Happy Are the Painters The Joy of Lex: The Hidden Treasures of Old Books Batteries Not Included: The Virtues of Simplicity The Gifts of the Magi: A Contrarian Christmas Carol Upstream: Remembering the River of My Youth Bark-Eater: Eulogy for an Old-Timer Headwaters: The Maternal Line The River of Beer Wheel of the Year: Study to be Quiet Wheel of the Year: The Return of the Light Wheel of the Year: Silence, Snow and Sewage Wheel of the Year: On the Wing! Snapshot: Dancing with Seals The Wilderness Mystique: The Landscape of the Mind Up North: Reflections on Mystique, Reality, and Magic Girl Talk: Seeing Pink! The Water Way: Aqua Vitae The Water Way: The Swamp The Water Way: The Last Chickadee Our Readers Write—Letters from Our Mailbox Straight Talk Dark-Adapted Eyes, Culture Tripping, and More Beating the Fog of Winter The Swarms of Summer: Jet-Skis and Biting Flies “Farwell's Rules,” Footwear, and Folding Boats Change of the Seasons, Water Devils, Rules, and Loons Thinking Like a River Letters Too Good to Keep to Ourselves The Unexpurgated Wiggle Test—and More! Pesto to PFDs From Trip's End to Remington's Bike Dinner in the Rockies and The Wind in the Willows From Traveling Lizards to “Newt Nectar” A Garage for Your Dachshund The Secret of Brenna's Lost Smile Buddy, Can you spare a Light? On Heeding the Still, Small Voice A Few Words From the Texas Hills A Better Yoke, and More Of Puffins, Theme Parks, and Happy Endings Dreaming of Spring (and Sailing) An Appetite for Summer Catching Up No Hibernating! The Over-the-Hill Gang Speaks Out! Disentangling a Deadly Web From the Earthy to the Sublime Getting a Leg Up—Safely and With Style (of Course!) Nourishing Body and Spirit Safety First and Last A Little Essential Reading Fall In! Autumn Comes to Canoe Country Hot Stuff! Spring's on the Wing! Summertime, and the Living Is Easy Winning the Space Race Warm Thoughts in a Cold Season The Lure of Open Water High Summer in Canoe Country The Best of Seasons There's News Afoot Spring Into Action! It's (Mostly) About the Boat We Sing the Paddler Electronic Now We're Cooking! Winter Pleasures Stitched Up and Standing Tall The Missing Link Found! Camp, Sweet Camp! Winter Wanderland From Maps to Nuts Spotlight—Books and Videos for Paddlers Reading Nature Books for Web-Footed Children Beyond Band-Aids: Medical Handbooks for Paddlers Outwater on Water: Water: A Natural History A Labor of Love: Healers of the Wild The Lady's Not for Turning: The Story of Mina Hubbard Good Guidebooks: Handicapping the Field Good Guidebooks: North Flow Good Guidebooks: Quiet Water Canoe Guide Good Guidebooks: Kid Stuff Another Good Guidebook: Paddling Hawai'i Showing the Way: The Adirondack Paddler's Map Virtual Voyages: Videotapes for Paddlers Virtual Voyages: Journals of Exploration Trip of a Lifetime—A Novel Experience Chapter by Chapter:The Trip in Brief The Usual Suspects:The People in Trip Chapter 1: Stirrings Chapter 2: The Cold Light of Dawn Chapter 3: Something Turns Up Chapter 4: I've Got a Little List Chapter 5: On Snyder's Pond Chapter 6: Knotty Problem Chapter 7: Friends and Lovers Chapter 8: April Fools Chapter 9: End of the Trail Chapter 10: Shooting the Sun Chapter 11: A Foreign Country Chapter 12: Everything Was Wonderful Chapter 13: Looking for a Boat Chapter 14: Unlucky Friday Chapter 15: Three Sisters Chapter 16: Stepping the Mast Chapter 17: Old Glory Chapter 18: A Wink is as Good as a Nod Chapter 19: James Bay or Bust! Chapter 20: On Different Wavelengths Chapter 21: Between a Rock and a Hard Place Chapter 22: Billy Swamp Chapter 23: The End of the Beginning Chapter 24: Into the Mists Chapter 25: Up the Creek Chapter 26: In the Same Boat Chapter 27: On a Wing and a Prayer Chapter 28: The Eagle Has Landed Chapter 29: Making Connections Chapter 30: Upriver Chapter 31: Freedom's Just Another Word… Chapter 32: A Forlorn Hope? Chapter 33: Homecoming Epilogue: And Nothing Hurt
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Outfitting Your Boat
Overland: Storing, Car-Topping, and Portaging Big Boats+Small Place=Big Problem Home Port—Making a Berth for Your Boat Home Port—A Better Boathouse Home Port—More Ways to Rack Your Boats Home Port—A Kayak Attic You Can Build Breaking Away: Anatomy of a "Paddle Van" A Boat-Hauling Omnibus Taking Your Boat on the Road SUVtopping: Of Bucket Loaders and High Rollers There and Back Again: Doing the Car-Shuttle Rag—And More There be Pirates: Foiling 21st-Century Thieves There be Pirates: Keep Track of Your Rack! Finding Your Bliss on the Portage Trail No Yoke! The Secret of Almost Painless Portaging Rediscovering the Wheel—The Lure of Portage Carts (and More) It (Sometimes) Takes Two: Carrying a Canoe It (Sometimes) Takes Two: Portaging Kayaks and SOTs Up Close and Personal—Clothes Make the Paddler Finding the Perfect PFD The Eyes Have It! Protective Eyewear for Paddlers Insights on Eyewear: Tips for Paddlers Hey, Ho, the Wind and the Rain: Tips on Winning the Shell Game Getting Fleeced: Dressing for 21st Century Amphibious Ops In Praise of the Neck Gaiter Hands On! Getting a Grip on Gloves and Mittens The Bottom Line: Putting Your Best Foot Forward The Bottom Line: Return of the Overshoe NEOS Trekkers Take a Licking and Keep On Kicking Boots: The Dynamic Duo Boots: In Wellington's Footsteps Dressing for Success, on the Water and Off Camp, Sweet Camp Water Treatment Options: Is It Safe? Is It Legal? Water Treatment Options: The State of the Mart A Second Look: Water Treatment Brought Up to Date The SteriPEN Reconsidered Sweet Repose: It's in the Bag The Search for the Ideal Sleeping Bag Smoothing It: Hanging Out in a Hammock Between a Rock and a Hard Place? Just the Place for a Pad! Sleeping on Air To Knit Up the Ravell'd Sleeve of Care Simple and Good: In Praise of the Canoe Shelter In Search of the Ideal Tent Image-ine That! The Eyes Have It The Far-Seeing Eye: Why Binoculars? The Far-Seeing Eye: Binoculars for Paddlers The Far-Seeing Eye: Focusing on Monoculars Small is Beautiful: Getting Close to Nature with a Hand Lens Digital Girl: Reflections on the Power of the Image Backcountry Photography: The Point-and-Shoot Option Backcountry Photography: Sharpshooting for Shutterbugs, Part 1 Backcountry Photography: Sharpshooting for Shutterbugs, Part 2 Backcountry Photography: Out in the Cold Backcountry Photography: Down the Trail Backcountry Photography: Going the Extra Mile Backcountry Photography: Seeing the Light Backcountry Photography: Through the Sunstone Backcountry Photography: You Don't Have to Go With the Flow! Backcountry Photography: Flights of Fancy Backcountry Photography: Hunting Wildlife With Your Camera Backcountry Photography: Snapping in the Rain Backcountry Photography: Up Close and Personal Backcountry Photography: Color Sense Backcountry Photography: The Digital Darkroom Backcountry Photography: Reflections on Water Backcountry Photography: Bringing It All Together, Part 1 Backcountry Photography: Bringing It All Together, Part 2 Backcountry Photography: Shoot the Action! Backcountry Photography: How Do You Keep Your Hands Warm? Backcountry Photography: The Raynox DCR-150 Close-Up Lens Backcountry Photography: Taking the Broad View Backcountry Photography: Day of the Tripods Backcountry Photography: Telephoto Lenses Backcountry Photography: Monopods Backcountry Photography: First Steps in the Forests of the Night Backcountry Photography: The Lure of Falling Water Backcountry Photography: Get It Down in Black and White The Practical Paddler A First-Aid Kit for Your Boat and Gear Duct Tape: Help When Everything Comes Unstuck A Stitch in Time Full Circle—Spring Gleaning Made Simple A Water Bag That Costs You Nothing Making a New-Fashioned Tumpline Do-It-Yourself Deadmen Pattern-Making with a Jogglestick Refitting an Ammo Can as a Camera Box A New Seat for an Old Canoe Sitting Pretty—Making a Good Seat Even Better Sew What? Body Armor for Vulnerable Electronics Sew What? A Raincoat for Your Camera The Things We Carry—The Contents of Our Personal Packs Secrets of My Ditty Bag Picture This! A Look Inside a Paddler's Ditty Bag The Eleventh Essential: The Versatile Ammo Can The 'umble Tarp: Shelter for the Masses Ponchos Cover Our Keisters The Bandanna—Jack of All Trades Keep It Under Your Hat! The Pinnacle of Paddling Fashion Putting North in Our Pockets: Our Compasses Why Has the Little Huntsman Compass Grown So Big? The Brunton 27LU Compass: The Huntsman Rechristened The Case for Maps Sound Off and Light Up! Signals That Work for Us The Ties That Bind—The Many Uses of Lanyards The Indispensable Bailer and Sponge Putting a Bit of Stick About: Why We Carry Walking Sticks Knives in Our Lives Looking Sharp: Life on the Edge Beyond Looking Sharp: Caring for Your Knife When Small Is Not Beautiful: Big Blades for Big Jobs Showing Your Teeth: Saws for Paddlers Holding Our Water: Botas, Bottles, Bladders, and More The Power of Nothing: The Magic of the Vacuum Bottle Frame of Reference: The Freighter Packframe Basket Case: Why We Like Pack Baskets The Pack That Made Duluth a Household Word The Rucksack That Came in from the Cold War The New Look of "War Surplus" Secrets of My Getaway Pack Picture This! Organizing Your Getaway Pockets: You Can Never Have Too Many! A Paddler's Talismans Clothing to Go The Organization Woman Goes Paddling The Other Ten Essentials, Part 1 The Other Ten Essentials, Part 2 GPS and Me: An Unlikely Romance Where On Earth Is Tamia? Only Her GPS Knows for Sure Does Your GPS Have a Future? Buddy, Can You Spare the Time? E-Mail on the Trail? Well, Almost Keeping it Simple With the Trangia Spirit Burner Tempest in a Teapot: The Samovar Goes Native Little Luxuries That Don't Weigh You Down Bibliotrekking, or How to Carry a Library in Your Pack Books Are Just the Beginning: Kindle in the Backcountry All Charged Up: Choosing Electronic Cellmates Headlamps to Dispel the Dark Different Strokes—Technique and Safety Starting Out Ten Things No Paddler Should Be Without When Carrying the Ten Essentials Isn't Enough Ten "Nonsentials": Bad Advice from Backpacker Starting Out: Questions that New Paddlers Ask Moving On: When You're No Longer a Beginner Question Time: Messing About in Boats Adrift in the Doldrums? When Having Fun Becomes a Chore Staying Alive! Dressing to Dis Mr. Death Staying Alive! Rules to Live By Jerk to Inflate: The Dumbing-Down of Paddlesport A Sporting Chance? Risk, Sport and Personal Responsibility Self-Reliance: Heeding the Still, Small Voice KISS and Tell: A Personal Approach to Paddling Fall of the Leaf: The Art of Peaceful Coexistence Basic Training Starting Out in Canoeing: Getting Your Feet Wet Different Strokes: Going Straight Moving On: A River Runs Through It Moving On: Going Against the Flow Different Strokes: Double Your Pleasure? Starting Out in Kayaking: Déjà Vu All Over Again The Ins and Outs of Kayaking I Want Out! Not Quite 50 Ways to Leave Your Kayak Strait is the Gate: Taking the Wiggle Test How to Stay on an Even Keel Safety First—Staying Out of Trouble Hubris, Nemesis, and the Kindness of Strangers What I Learned from Deliverance Early and Provident Fear: The Case for Scouting Early and Provident Fear: Lessons Learned at the End of the World The Scouting Imperative: Keeping Things in Perspective Whispering Death: Strainers, Sweepers, and You Clapotis: The Sound of Two Waves Clapping Keeper by Name, Keeper by Nature The Prefloat Check: Making It from Bold to Old Show Your Colors! Are You Bright or Outta Sight? Reflections on Radar More Reflections on Radar The Cold-Water Paddling Omnibus Advice to Would-Be Ice Pilots The Pleasures and Pitfalls of Early-Season Boating Winning the Cold War: How NOT to Die of Hypothermia In the Heat of the Day: Keeping Cool on the Water Why Chill Out? The Challenge of Late-Season Paddling Bottoms Up? Keeping Your Head Above Water Keeping a Swamped Boat Right Side Up Swim Time! Coping with Capsizes No Boat! What Happens Next? Gearing Up for Open-Water Crossings Caught Out! Weathering Roaring Wind and Rain Lightning is Frightening Singing in the Rain! The Lone Canoeist: The Importance of Being Prepared Self-Rescue for Solo Canoeists Worst-Case Scenario: Plan to Survive! Worst-Case Scenario: Lessons Learned Worst-Case Scenario: A Solo Kayaker's Harrowing Story Worst-Case Scenario: A Short Course in NOT Drowning Worst-Case Scenario: What Goes Around… Lessons Learned: Nemesis Never Sleeps Lessons Learned: Thunder? I wonder… Lessons Learned: Lightning Does Strike Twice Lessons Learned: Recovering a Swamped Kayak in Fast Water In Good Company: One for All, and All for One? The Art and Science of Staying Found Navigating Without Batteries: First Things Navigating Without Batteries: The Threefold Path Navigating Without Batteries: A Tale of Two Norths Navigating Without Batteries: Compasses for Paddlers Navigating Without Batteries: Why Compasses Go Wrong On the Map: First Steps On the Map: Traditional Navigation in a Digital World On the Map: Is History Vanishing? On the Map: Topos to Go! On the Map: Winning the Paper Chase On the Map: The Paper Chase Continues Ropework for Paddlers Knots to Know! Basic Ropecraft for Paddlers Knots to Know! Second String Never Tie a Knot Again? Not on Your Life! Knots to Know! The Versatile Prusik Hitch ItZa Drag: Putting the Z-Drag to the Test Last Word on the Z-Drag Learning the Ropes: Putting Splice in Your Life Learning the Ropes: Whip 'em into Line! Learning the Ropes: A Knotty Problem Solved Learning the Ropes: The Line on Painters Learning the Ropes: More Lines on Painters Making Connections: Carabiner Basics Secrets of a Happy Camper Smoothing It: Secrets of a Happy Camper A Place for Everything Gimme Shelter! Weathering the Storm Tarps: Know How You Fold 'em A Room With a View Life's a Beach: Camping on the Edge Breaking Away: The Art of Breaking Camp Coping with Mosquitoes, Punkies, and Blackflies One Match Is All You Need A Fire Starter You Can Make Looking Beneath the Surface—Reading Water Anatomy of a River: Headwaters Anatomy of a River: Whitewater! Anatomy of a River: BIG Water Anatomy of a River: After the Flood Eddies, Up Close and Personal More About Eddies: The Big Picture Ferry Useful! Letting the River Do the Work Anatomy of a Lake: Unmasking Mr. Hyde How to Put the Flat Back in Flatwater The Complete Boatpacker Too Much Gear? What to Do When Push Turns to Shove Picture This! Packing a 'Yak Picture This! A Better Way to Portage Your 'Yak Using Your Head: Toting Your Load with a Tumpline One Foot in the Grave? Paddling With the Over-the-Hill Gang Yes, There Is a Paddling Life After 50 Lighten Up! Hints on Lightsizing Your Gear A Pain in the…Shoulder! Beating the Bonk! Oh! My Aching Back! A Joint Like This: Tales From the Gimpy Knee Club Finding Your Comfort Zone Winning the Battle of the Bulge The SOT-Need Factor Airborne Get the Massage Strike a Blow for Comfort—Send in the Air Core! Sitting Pretty in the Backcountry Health and Comfort Items Mass Transit: The Michelin Man Goes Paddling Mass Transit: Straight Skinny Mass Transit: Improvise, Adapt, and Overcome The Survival Kit That's Always With You Doc in a Box: Building Your Own Medical Kit Beyond First Aid: Backcountry Medical Emergencies Where's the Rub? Coping With Chafe and Blisters There's a Sucker Born Every Minute: Living with Ticks The Whole Tooth: Backcountry Dental Care When You Gotta Go: Straight Poop on Backcountry Sanitation A Little Light Relief: Wetsuits, Drysuits, and Calls of Nature A Little Light Relief: Fundamental Issues Cleaning Up in the Backcountry—From the Skin Out Cleaning Up in the Backcountry—After the Meal is Over Cleaning Up in the Backcountry—Laundry Day! Girl Talk: Tips for Woodswomen Girl Talk: Stand and Deliver! Girl Talk: Going It Alone Getting Around—The Arts of Backcountry Travel Off the Beaten Track—Travelers' Tools The Rope Trick: Tracking Your Way Up a River The Lure of Lining When It's Time to Punt: The Art of Poling Wade, Wade, Wade Your Boat… Get Out and Get Over! Doing the Beaver Dam Shuffle Glorious Mud! Keeping Dry in a Wet World Off the Beaten Track: Bushwhacking Basics The Paddler Ashore: From Cow Cane to Trekking Pole Staying Found: It Beats the Alternative Get Lost! A Case Study in the Gentle Art of Bushwhacking Putting the “Old Woman” to Work—Harnessing the Wind How Hard is It Blowing? Taking the Measure of the Breeze Putting the Old Woman to Work: Canoe Sailing Sailors' Choice: Ways to Ride the Wind Sail Talk: Afloat on a Sea of Words, Part 1 Sail Talk: Afloat on a Sea of Words, Part 2 The Amphibious Paddler—Tips for No-Octane Trips On Your Bike? Why Not! Paddlers' Wheels—Bikes for Boaters Outfitting for Adventure All Systems Go! The Pre-Ride Check Rules of the (Asphalt) Road—Getting to the Put-In Trailering Your Boat with a Bike The Finer Points of Trailering Bag It! A Boat to Fit Your Bike The Freedom of the Hills Amphibious Trekking: Rediscovering the World on Your Doorstep Off Season? Making It Through Winter Weathering Winter in Style: On the Home Front Weathering Winter in Style: More from the Home Front Weathering Winter in Style: Exploring the Frozen World Weathering Winter in Style: Snowshoeing Ups and Downs Weathering Winter in Style: Snowshoeing — After the Fall On Thin Ice: Is It Safe? On Thin Ice: Stepping Out On Thin Ice: Breaking Through—Self-Rescue and Beyond Alimentary, My Dear—Fuel for Paddlers Getting Started Navigating Through Ten Years of "Alimentary My, Dear" Backcountry Menus to Go Bonk-Busters! Queen of Tarts — An Unlikely Snack Credit Crunch Bars — Better Than Store-Bought Setting the Bar Higher Food for Thought Good to Go: Keeping Food Fresh Under Way Dry It On! Putting Something By For A Rainy Day The Gluten-Free Paddler Gluten Freedom — Tips for Gluten-Sensitive Paddlers Thirst Is a Dangerous Thing Water, Water, Everywhere, But Not a Drop to Drink? No Sweat! Power Drinking and Eating Made Easy A Jug of Wine The Tao of Tea Java Jive: The Ch'i of Coffee At Last! Camp Coffee Worth Getting Up For Camp Coffee — It's the Taster's Choice Everycook's Staple Foods Meez Matters: The Camp Cook's Indispensables. Packing a Punch with Spices and Herbs Add a Little Zest to Your Life Our Daily Bread The Fat of the Land Gifts From the Home Farm Fiber: Taking the Rough With the Smooth Single-Serving Condiment Packets: From Cafeteria to Camp Flavor From a Tube, or Why I Love Amore Starting the Day What's for Breakfast? From Hand to Mouth: A Sandwich for Breakfast? Hot Stuff: Breakfast Cereal That Sticks by You Oatmeal: Simple, Good, and Cheap French Toast Nuggets Minipizzas for Breakfast? Why Not? From Soup to Nuts Bean Soup for Everyone! Soup's On! Making Your Own Dried Soups Make Mine Mulligatawny Tomatoes Fit to Hit the Trail Salad Days: Greens (and More) to Go Fruit for Thought! Fast Food Under Way: Focusing on Fruit Go Nuts! Don't Eschew Cashews! Pistachio Pastiche Alternatives for Paddlers With Nut Allergies Glorious, Gutsy Garlic Marmite? It's a Love-Hate Thing Marmite? Again? Will It Be Love This Time Around? Come ’n Get It! Pizza to Go? Why Not! Quick and Easy Minipizzas Bruschetta? You Betcha! Home-Cooked Meals in Camp? Why Not? Bagels—From the Deli to Your Belly New Takes on Journey Cakes Sweet and Savory Skillet Biscuits Simply Delicious Dumplings A Slump You Won't Want to End Have You Had Your Oats Today? Rice to Go Risotto, Again? The Wonders of Rice Rasta—A New Riff on an Old Favorite! Use Your Noodle Pasta, Pronto! Endless Pastabilities One-Pot Pasta Terrific Tortellini Noodles Like You've Never Known Them Putting My Orzo In Mac and Cheese — Thinking Outside the Box More Mac and Cheese, Please. Making the Case for Couscous The Power of Fusion Sausage: When Only the Wurst Will Do Just Say CHEESE! A Shore Lunch With a Difference This Spud's For You Mad About Mushrooms Use Your Bean! The Joy of Not Cooking The Middle Way—Minimalist Cooking A Box Lunch Primer Dinner's in the Can Fast Food Under Way: Quesadillas Fast Food Under Way: Satays Fast Food Under Way: Egg and Couscous Saute A Whole in One: One-Pot Meals Made Easy Where's the Beef? Building Meatless Backcountry Menus The Man-Cooking Way Eating Well in the Backcountry Without Meat or Milk Mush Makes the Meal—From Porridge to Polenta Tortilla Round SPAM®—The Meat We Hate to Love Skillet Frittatas? Why Not? Sweets and Treats Chocolate: The Food of the Gods Go Nuts Over Nutella® Lift Your Spirits! Hot Treats for Cold Paddlers Chill Out! Cool Treats for Hot Paddlers Just Desserts More Just Desserts Secrets From the Test Kitchen: Apple of My Eye Three Quick Breads Anyone Can Bake Skillet Chocolate Chip Cookies Skillet Brownies Popcorn Blowout Other Times, Other Places Hardtack for Hard Traveling Lean Times, Hard Rations Stone-Age Cuisine Chopsticks, Anyone? The Portable Pantry—Food and Trip-Planning Planning for a Big Trip: First Things Food for the Long Haul Building a Menu The Other Family Jewels: Pots and Pans Cast-Iron Joy Is This the End of the Iron Age? Packing Heat: Fuel for Thought Fire in the Hole! Campfire Cookery It's Only Natural! Personal Voyages of Discovery Paddling with a Purpose First, Do No Harm: A Paddler's Decalogue Making Your Own Luck: Outfitting for Discovery Write On! Fixing Images on the Emulsion of Memory Shape and Shadow: The Art of Sketching Eye and Hand: Practical Art for Paddlers Eye and Hand: Tools of the Trade Eye and Hand: Just a Quick Sketch Eye and Hand: Depth and Definition Eye and Hand: Drawing Water Eye and Hand: A Perspective on Landscape Eye and Hand: Caught on the Fly Eye and Hand: Color Your World Eye and Hand: Pencils or Pixels—Or Both? Eye and Hand: The Colors of Water Eye and Hand: Monochrome Monologue Eye and Hand: Root and Branch Eye and Hand: Studio Voyaging It's Only Natural: Acquainted with the Night It's Only Natural: On the Water The Enduring Legacy of Professor Secchi The Lure of Small Water In the Company of Trees Going to the Birds Streams in the Desert: Wildness in Man's Shadow It's Only Natural: Waste Not, Want Not Wildcountry Palimpsest: Incident in a Beech Wood Wildcountry Palimpsest: The Track of the Porcupine Wildcountry Palimpsest: The Devil of the Woods Air, Earth, and Water—Natural History for Paddlers The Four Pillars The Four Pillars of the Paddler's World: Water The Four Pillars of the Paddler's World: Earth, Fire, and Air The World of Water A First Look at the Stuff that Holds Us Up Between Two Worlds Revolution Beneath the Surface The Life History of a Wave Liquid Assets—Marsh, Bog, and Swamp The Joy of Swamps Salt Marshes Where Water Meets Rock—Of Gravity and Geology The Dynamics of Moving Water: Theme and Variation The Dynamics of Moving Water: Rhythm and Tempo On the Beach Surf's Up! Where the Sea Meets the Land Coastwise: Exploring the World at Land's End Barrier Islands and Beaches Where the River Meets the Roadstead Eskers: Remembrance of Rivers Past Hidden in Plain Sight: Legacies From the Last Ice Age The Ins and Outs of Potholes Discourse of Rivers: A Tale of Two Rivers Discourse of Rivers: It’s a Matter of Scale A Discourse of Rivers: Current Affairs A Discourse of Rivers: Before You Take the Plunge Debriefing a Rapids The Restless Air Weather Happens Under Pressure: Using a Barometer Anvils of the Gods: Thunderstorms Season of Mists: The World of Fog Portraits of Weather: The Language of Clouds Flora and Fauna Palimpsest: The Living Legacy of the North American Beaver The Lively World of Dead Trees The Trees: The Noble Beech The Trees: The Fragrant Fir The Trees: The Hardy Tamarack The Paddling Naturalist: Life on the Edge Stinkhorns, Earthtongues and Dead-man's Fingers The Noxious Twins: Poison Ivy and Poison Oak Alien Invasion! Sex in the Water: 200 Million Years Old and Still Going Strong The Double Life of Amphibians Sex on the Wing: Mosquitoes, Punkies, Blackflies, and You Silent Summer: The Voice of the Wilderness Fades Away The Big Sleep: Waiting for Warmth to Return Drummers in the Walls The Courage of Turtles The Industry of Skunks Sucker! The Skillful Leech The Big Small World of Woolly Bears No Sluggards, These The Lord of the Trees Is it a Beaver or a Muskrat? Picture This! Birds of the Water's Edge Read All About It! Books for Nature-Lovers Nature's an Open Book: The Living World Nature's an Open Book: The Physical World Nature's An Open Book: Virtual Voyages Voices From the Wild—The Silent Majority Speaks Out Ratatosk: A Red Squirrel The River Warden: Chipmunk on Our Doorstep Not a Creature Was Stirring: A Mouse in the House Boyz in the Woods: Coyote Tells It Like It Is The Sisterhood: Blackflies, Nietzsches of the North Woods Talking Turkey: Return of a Native Last Beachhead? Sea Turtle Blues Busy as a Beaver The Sounds of Silence: A Chickadee Looks at His World Waterway Rambling—Paddling Back to the Future Making Connections Back to the Future Oh, for a Short Ship! Boats for Ramblers Picking Up the Thread Upstreaming Made Easy Paddling through Time—The Canoe and Kayak in History In the Beginning: The Well-Traveled Barrister In the Beginning: The Little Giant In the Beginning: The Boy-Men Backwaters: Three Men in Three Boats on the Danube Backwaters: Treasure for the Taking Backwaters: The Curious Story of Three Men in a Boat Backwaters: The World of Wind in the Willows War in a Wilderness: The Siege of Khartoum War in a Wilderness: The Campaign of the Cataracts Beyond the Beauty Strip—Ethics and Environment Home Water: A Purpose in Liquidity Bad Idea! Trespass and "Commando Camping" Burning Issues: When to Say NO to a Campfire—and Why Keep It Clean! Practical Ecology for Paddlers Monofilament, Deadly Deceiver When It's Not a Good Idea to Look the Other Way Talking Trash More Trash Talk TANSTAAFL: Hiawatha Meets the Dismal Science The View from Hubbert's Peak Wheel of the Year—Reflections on Spirit and Season In the Same Boat: Getting Acquainted The Prodigals Return: In The Same Boat is Back Collateral Damage: Memorial Day Reflections The Third Season: The Best of Times The Third Season Revisited: The Worst of Times? Happy Are the Painters The Joy of Lex: The Hidden Treasures of Old Books Batteries Not Included: The Virtues of Simplicity The Gifts of the Magi: A Contrarian Christmas Carol Upstream: Remembering the River of My Youth Bark-Eater: Eulogy for an Old-Timer Headwaters: The Maternal Line The River of Beer Wheel of the Year: Study to be Quiet Wheel of the Year: The Return of the Light Wheel of the Year: Silence, Snow and Sewage Wheel of the Year: On the Wing! Snapshot: Dancing with Seals The Wilderness Mystique: The Landscape of the Mind Up North: Reflections on Mystique, Reality, and Magic Girl Talk: Seeing Pink! The Water Way: Aqua Vitae The Water Way: The Swamp The Water Way: The Last Chickadee Our Readers Write—Letters from Our Mailbox Straight Talk Dark-Adapted Eyes, Culture Tripping, and More Beating the Fog of Winter The Swarms of Summer: Jet-Skis and Biting Flies “Farwell's Rules,” Footwear, and Folding Boats Change of the Seasons, Water Devils, Rules, and Loons Thinking Like a River Letters Too Good to Keep to Ourselves The Unexpurgated Wiggle Test—and More! Pesto to PFDs From Trip's End to Remington's Bike Dinner in the Rockies and The Wind in the Willows From Traveling Lizards to “Newt Nectar” A Garage for Your Dachshund The Secret of Brenna's Lost Smile Buddy, Can you spare a Light? On Heeding the Still, Small Voice A Few Words From the Texas Hills A Better Yoke, and More Of Puffins, Theme Parks, and Happy Endings Dreaming of Spring (and Sailing) An Appetite for Summer Catching Up No Hibernating! The Over-the-Hill Gang Speaks Out! Disentangling a Deadly Web From the Earthy to the Sublime Getting a Leg Up—Safely and With Style (of Course!) Nourishing Body and Spirit Safety First and Last A Little Essential Reading Fall In! Autumn Comes to Canoe Country Hot Stuff! Spring's on the Wing! Summertime, and the Living Is Easy Winning the Space Race Warm Thoughts in a Cold Season The Lure of Open Water High Summer in Canoe Country The Best of Seasons There's News Afoot Spring Into Action! It's (Mostly) About the Boat We Sing the Paddler Electronic Now We're Cooking! Winter Pleasures Stitched Up and Standing Tall The Missing Link Found! Camp, Sweet Camp! Winter Wanderland From Maps to Nuts Spotlight—Books and Videos for Paddlers Reading Nature Books for Web-Footed Children Beyond Band-Aids: Medical Handbooks for Paddlers Outwater on Water: Water: A Natural History A Labor of Love: Healers of the Wild The Lady's Not for Turning: The Story of Mina Hubbard Good Guidebooks: Handicapping the Field Good Guidebooks: North Flow Good Guidebooks: Quiet Water Canoe Guide Good Guidebooks: Kid Stuff Another Good Guidebook: Paddling Hawai'i Showing the Way: The Adirondack Paddler's Map Virtual Voyages: Videotapes for Paddlers Virtual Voyages: Journals of Exploration Trip of a Lifetime—A Novel Experience Chapter by Chapter:The Trip in Brief The Usual Suspects:The People in Trip Chapter 1: Stirrings Chapter 2: The Cold Light of Dawn Chapter 3: Something Turns Up Chapter 4: I've Got a Little List Chapter 5: On Snyder's Pond Chapter 6: Knotty Problem Chapter 7: Friends and Lovers Chapter 8: April Fools Chapter 9: End of the Trail Chapter 10: Shooting the Sun Chapter 11: A Foreign Country Chapter 12: Everything Was Wonderful Chapter 13: Looking for a Boat Chapter 14: Unlucky Friday Chapter 15: Three Sisters Chapter 16: Stepping the Mast Chapter 17: Old Glory Chapter 18: A Wink is as Good as a Nod Chapter 19: James Bay or Bust! Chapter 20: On Different Wavelengths Chapter 21: Between a Rock and a Hard Place Chapter 22: Billy Swamp Chapter 23: The End of the Beginning Chapter 24: Into the Mists Chapter 25: Up the Creek Chapter 26: In the Same Boat Chapter 27: On a Wing and a Prayer Chapter 28: The Eagle Has Landed Chapter 29: Making Connections Chapter 30: Upriver Chapter 31: Freedom's Just Another Word… Chapter 32: A Forlorn Hope? Chapter 33: Homecoming Epilogue: And Nothing Hurt
Up Close and Personal—Clothes Make the Paddler
Camp, Sweet Camp
Image-ine That! The Eyes Have It
Digital Girl: Reflections on the Power of the Image Backcountry Photography: The Point-and-Shoot Option Backcountry Photography: Sharpshooting for Shutterbugs, Part 1 Backcountry Photography: Sharpshooting for Shutterbugs, Part 2 Backcountry Photography: Out in the Cold Backcountry Photography: Down the Trail Backcountry Photography: Going the Extra Mile Backcountry Photography: Seeing the Light Backcountry Photography: Through the Sunstone Backcountry Photography: You Don't Have to Go With the Flow! Backcountry Photography: Flights of Fancy Backcountry Photography: Hunting Wildlife With Your Camera Backcountry Photography: Snapping in the Rain Backcountry Photography: Up Close and Personal Backcountry Photography: Color Sense Backcountry Photography: The Digital Darkroom Backcountry Photography: Reflections on Water Backcountry Photography: Bringing It All Together, Part 1 Backcountry Photography: Bringing It All Together, Part 2 Backcountry Photography: Shoot the Action! Backcountry Photography: How Do You Keep Your Hands Warm? Backcountry Photography: The Raynox DCR-150 Close-Up Lens Backcountry Photography: Taking the Broad View Backcountry Photography: Day of the Tripods Backcountry Photography: Telephoto Lenses Backcountry Photography: Monopods Backcountry Photography: First Steps in the Forests of the Night Backcountry Photography: The Lure of Falling Water Backcountry Photography: Get It Down in Black and White
The Practical Paddler
The Things We Carry—The Contents of Our Personal Packs
Different Strokes—Technique and Safety
Starting Out
Basic Training
Safety First—Staying Out of Trouble
The Art and Science of Staying Found Navigating Without Batteries: First Things Navigating Without Batteries: The Threefold Path Navigating Without Batteries: A Tale of Two Norths Navigating Without Batteries: Compasses for Paddlers Navigating Without Batteries: Why Compasses Go Wrong On the Map: First Steps On the Map: Traditional Navigation in a Digital World On the Map: Is History Vanishing? On the Map: Topos to Go! On the Map: Winning the Paper Chase On the Map: The Paper Chase Continues Ropework for Paddlers Knots to Know! Basic Ropecraft for Paddlers Knots to Know! Second String Never Tie a Knot Again? Not on Your Life! Knots to Know! The Versatile Prusik Hitch ItZa Drag: Putting the Z-Drag to the Test Last Word on the Z-Drag Learning the Ropes: Putting Splice in Your Life Learning the Ropes: Whip 'em into Line! Learning the Ropes: A Knotty Problem Solved Learning the Ropes: The Line on Painters Learning the Ropes: More Lines on Painters Making Connections: Carabiner Basics Secrets of a Happy Camper Smoothing It: Secrets of a Happy Camper A Place for Everything Gimme Shelter! Weathering the Storm Tarps: Know How You Fold 'em A Room With a View Life's a Beach: Camping on the Edge Breaking Away: The Art of Breaking Camp Coping with Mosquitoes, Punkies, and Blackflies One Match Is All You Need A Fire Starter You Can Make Looking Beneath the Surface—Reading Water Anatomy of a River: Headwaters Anatomy of a River: Whitewater! Anatomy of a River: BIG Water Anatomy of a River: After the Flood Eddies, Up Close and Personal More About Eddies: The Big Picture Ferry Useful! Letting the River Do the Work Anatomy of a Lake: Unmasking Mr. Hyde How to Put the Flat Back in Flatwater The Complete Boatpacker Too Much Gear? What to Do When Push Turns to Shove Picture This! Packing a 'Yak Picture This! A Better Way to Portage Your 'Yak Using Your Head: Toting Your Load with a Tumpline One Foot in the Grave? Paddling With the Over-the-Hill Gang Yes, There Is a Paddling Life After 50 Lighten Up! Hints on Lightsizing Your Gear A Pain in the…Shoulder! Beating the Bonk! Oh! My Aching Back! A Joint Like This: Tales From the Gimpy Knee Club Finding Your Comfort Zone Winning the Battle of the Bulge The SOT-Need Factor Airborne Get the Massage Strike a Blow for Comfort—Send in the Air Core! Sitting Pretty in the Backcountry Health and Comfort Items Mass Transit: The Michelin Man Goes Paddling Mass Transit: Straight Skinny Mass Transit: Improvise, Adapt, and Overcome The Survival Kit That's Always With You Doc in a Box: Building Your Own Medical Kit Beyond First Aid: Backcountry Medical Emergencies Where's the Rub? Coping With Chafe and Blisters There's a Sucker Born Every Minute: Living with Ticks The Whole Tooth: Backcountry Dental Care When You Gotta Go: Straight Poop on Backcountry Sanitation A Little Light Relief: Wetsuits, Drysuits, and Calls of Nature A Little Light Relief: Fundamental Issues Cleaning Up in the Backcountry—From the Skin Out Cleaning Up in the Backcountry—After the Meal is Over Cleaning Up in the Backcountry—Laundry Day! Girl Talk: Tips for Woodswomen Girl Talk: Stand and Deliver! Girl Talk: Going It Alone Getting Around—The Arts of Backcountry Travel Off the Beaten Track—Travelers' Tools The Rope Trick: Tracking Your Way Up a River The Lure of Lining When It's Time to Punt: The Art of Poling Wade, Wade, Wade Your Boat… Get Out and Get Over! Doing the Beaver Dam Shuffle Glorious Mud! Keeping Dry in a Wet World Off the Beaten Track: Bushwhacking Basics The Paddler Ashore: From Cow Cane to Trekking Pole Staying Found: It Beats the Alternative Get Lost! A Case Study in the Gentle Art of Bushwhacking Putting the “Old Woman” to Work—Harnessing the Wind How Hard is It Blowing? Taking the Measure of the Breeze Putting the Old Woman to Work: Canoe Sailing Sailors' Choice: Ways to Ride the Wind Sail Talk: Afloat on a Sea of Words, Part 1 Sail Talk: Afloat on a Sea of Words, Part 2 The Amphibious Paddler—Tips for No-Octane Trips On Your Bike? Why Not! Paddlers' Wheels—Bikes for Boaters Outfitting for Adventure All Systems Go! The Pre-Ride Check Rules of the (Asphalt) Road—Getting to the Put-In Trailering Your Boat with a Bike The Finer Points of Trailering Bag It! A Boat to Fit Your Bike The Freedom of the Hills Amphibious Trekking: Rediscovering the World on Your Doorstep Off Season? Making It Through Winter Weathering Winter in Style: On the Home Front Weathering Winter in Style: More from the Home Front Weathering Winter in Style: Exploring the Frozen World Weathering Winter in Style: Snowshoeing Ups and Downs Weathering Winter in Style: Snowshoeing — After the Fall On Thin Ice: Is It Safe? On Thin Ice: Stepping Out On Thin Ice: Breaking Through—Self-Rescue and Beyond Alimentary, My Dear—Fuel for Paddlers Getting Started Navigating Through Ten Years of "Alimentary My, Dear" Backcountry Menus to Go Bonk-Busters! Queen of Tarts — An Unlikely Snack Credit Crunch Bars — Better Than Store-Bought Setting the Bar Higher Food for Thought Good to Go: Keeping Food Fresh Under Way Dry It On! Putting Something By For A Rainy Day The Gluten-Free Paddler Gluten Freedom — Tips for Gluten-Sensitive Paddlers Thirst Is a Dangerous Thing Water, Water, Everywhere, But Not a Drop to Drink? No Sweat! Power Drinking and Eating Made Easy A Jug of Wine The Tao of Tea Java Jive: The Ch'i of Coffee At Last! Camp Coffee Worth Getting Up For Camp Coffee — It's the Taster's Choice Everycook's Staple Foods Meez Matters: The Camp Cook's Indispensables. Packing a Punch with Spices and Herbs Add a Little Zest to Your Life Our Daily Bread The Fat of the Land Gifts From the Home Farm Fiber: Taking the Rough With the Smooth Single-Serving Condiment Packets: From Cafeteria to Camp Flavor From a Tube, or Why I Love Amore Starting the Day What's for Breakfast? From Hand to Mouth: A Sandwich for Breakfast? Hot Stuff: Breakfast Cereal That Sticks by You Oatmeal: Simple, Good, and Cheap French Toast Nuggets Minipizzas for Breakfast? Why Not? From Soup to Nuts Bean Soup for Everyone! Soup's On! Making Your Own Dried Soups Make Mine Mulligatawny Tomatoes Fit to Hit the Trail Salad Days: Greens (and More) to Go Fruit for Thought! Fast Food Under Way: Focusing on Fruit Go Nuts! Don't Eschew Cashews! Pistachio Pastiche Alternatives for Paddlers With Nut Allergies Glorious, Gutsy Garlic Marmite? It's a Love-Hate Thing Marmite? Again? Will It Be Love This Time Around? Come ’n Get It! Pizza to Go? Why Not! Quick and Easy Minipizzas Bruschetta? You Betcha! Home-Cooked Meals in Camp? Why Not? Bagels—From the Deli to Your Belly New Takes on Journey Cakes Sweet and Savory Skillet Biscuits Simply Delicious Dumplings A Slump You Won't Want to End Have You Had Your Oats Today? Rice to Go Risotto, Again? The Wonders of Rice Rasta—A New Riff on an Old Favorite! Use Your Noodle Pasta, Pronto! Endless Pastabilities One-Pot Pasta Terrific Tortellini Noodles Like You've Never Known Them Putting My Orzo In Mac and Cheese — Thinking Outside the Box More Mac and Cheese, Please. Making the Case for Couscous The Power of Fusion Sausage: When Only the Wurst Will Do Just Say CHEESE! A Shore Lunch With a Difference This Spud's For You Mad About Mushrooms Use Your Bean! The Joy of Not Cooking The Middle Way—Minimalist Cooking A Box Lunch Primer Dinner's in the Can Fast Food Under Way: Quesadillas Fast Food Under Way: Satays Fast Food Under Way: Egg and Couscous Saute A Whole in One: One-Pot Meals Made Easy Where's the Beef? Building Meatless Backcountry Menus The Man-Cooking Way Eating Well in the Backcountry Without Meat or Milk Mush Makes the Meal—From Porridge to Polenta Tortilla Round SPAM®—The Meat We Hate to Love Skillet Frittatas? Why Not? Sweets and Treats Chocolate: The Food of the Gods Go Nuts Over Nutella® Lift Your Spirits! Hot Treats for Cold Paddlers Chill Out! Cool Treats for Hot Paddlers Just Desserts More Just Desserts Secrets From the Test Kitchen: Apple of My Eye Three Quick Breads Anyone Can Bake Skillet Chocolate Chip Cookies Skillet Brownies Popcorn Blowout Other Times, Other Places Hardtack for Hard Traveling Lean Times, Hard Rations Stone-Age Cuisine Chopsticks, Anyone? The Portable Pantry—Food and Trip-Planning Planning for a Big Trip: First Things Food for the Long Haul Building a Menu The Other Family Jewels: Pots and Pans Cast-Iron Joy Is This the End of the Iron Age? Packing Heat: Fuel for Thought Fire in the Hole! Campfire Cookery It's Only Natural! Personal Voyages of Discovery Paddling with a Purpose First, Do No Harm: A Paddler's Decalogue Making Your Own Luck: Outfitting for Discovery Write On! Fixing Images on the Emulsion of Memory Shape and Shadow: The Art of Sketching Eye and Hand: Practical Art for Paddlers Eye and Hand: Tools of the Trade Eye and Hand: Just a Quick Sketch Eye and Hand: Depth and Definition Eye and Hand: Drawing Water Eye and Hand: A Perspective on Landscape Eye and Hand: Caught on the Fly Eye and Hand: Color Your World Eye and Hand: Pencils or Pixels—Or Both? Eye and Hand: The Colors of Water Eye and Hand: Monochrome Monologue Eye and Hand: Root and Branch Eye and Hand: Studio Voyaging It's Only Natural: Acquainted with the Night It's Only Natural: On the Water The Enduring Legacy of Professor Secchi The Lure of Small Water In the Company of Trees Going to the Birds Streams in the Desert: Wildness in Man's Shadow It's Only Natural: Waste Not, Want Not Wildcountry Palimpsest: Incident in a Beech Wood Wildcountry Palimpsest: The Track of the Porcupine Wildcountry Palimpsest: The Devil of the Woods Air, Earth, and Water—Natural History for Paddlers The Four Pillars The Four Pillars of the Paddler's World: Water The Four Pillars of the Paddler's World: Earth, Fire, and Air The World of Water A First Look at the Stuff that Holds Us Up Between Two Worlds Revolution Beneath the Surface The Life History of a Wave Liquid Assets—Marsh, Bog, and Swamp The Joy of Swamps Salt Marshes Where Water Meets Rock—Of Gravity and Geology The Dynamics of Moving Water: Theme and Variation The Dynamics of Moving Water: Rhythm and Tempo On the Beach Surf's Up! Where the Sea Meets the Land Coastwise: Exploring the World at Land's End Barrier Islands and Beaches Where the River Meets the Roadstead Eskers: Remembrance of Rivers Past Hidden in Plain Sight: Legacies From the Last Ice Age The Ins and Outs of Potholes Discourse of Rivers: A Tale of Two Rivers Discourse of Rivers: It’s a Matter of Scale A Discourse of Rivers: Current Affairs A Discourse of Rivers: Before You Take the Plunge Debriefing a Rapids The Restless Air Weather Happens Under Pressure: Using a Barometer Anvils of the Gods: Thunderstorms Season of Mists: The World of Fog Portraits of Weather: The Language of Clouds Flora and Fauna Palimpsest: The Living Legacy of the North American Beaver The Lively World of Dead Trees The Trees: The Noble Beech The Trees: The Fragrant Fir The Trees: The Hardy Tamarack The Paddling Naturalist: Life on the Edge Stinkhorns, Earthtongues and Dead-man's Fingers The Noxious Twins: Poison Ivy and Poison Oak Alien Invasion! Sex in the Water: 200 Million Years Old and Still Going Strong The Double Life of Amphibians Sex on the Wing: Mosquitoes, Punkies, Blackflies, and You Silent Summer: The Voice of the Wilderness Fades Away The Big Sleep: Waiting for Warmth to Return Drummers in the Walls The Courage of Turtles The Industry of Skunks Sucker! The Skillful Leech The Big Small World of Woolly Bears No Sluggards, These The Lord of the Trees Is it a Beaver or a Muskrat? Picture This! Birds of the Water's Edge Read All About It! Books for Nature-Lovers Nature's an Open Book: The Living World Nature's an Open Book: The Physical World Nature's An Open Book: Virtual Voyages Voices From the Wild—The Silent Majority Speaks Out Ratatosk: A Red Squirrel The River Warden: Chipmunk on Our Doorstep Not a Creature Was Stirring: A Mouse in the House Boyz in the Woods: Coyote Tells It Like It Is The Sisterhood: Blackflies, Nietzsches of the North Woods Talking Turkey: Return of a Native Last Beachhead? Sea Turtle Blues Busy as a Beaver The Sounds of Silence: A Chickadee Looks at His World Waterway Rambling—Paddling Back to the Future Making Connections Back to the Future Oh, for a Short Ship! Boats for Ramblers Picking Up the Thread Upstreaming Made Easy Paddling through Time—The Canoe and Kayak in History In the Beginning: The Well-Traveled Barrister In the Beginning: The Little Giant In the Beginning: The Boy-Men Backwaters: Three Men in Three Boats on the Danube Backwaters: Treasure for the Taking Backwaters: The Curious Story of Three Men in a Boat Backwaters: The World of Wind in the Willows War in a Wilderness: The Siege of Khartoum War in a Wilderness: The Campaign of the Cataracts Beyond the Beauty Strip—Ethics and Environment Home Water: A Purpose in Liquidity Bad Idea! Trespass and "Commando Camping" Burning Issues: When to Say NO to a Campfire—and Why Keep It Clean! Practical Ecology for Paddlers Monofilament, Deadly Deceiver When It's Not a Good Idea to Look the Other Way Talking Trash More Trash Talk TANSTAAFL: Hiawatha Meets the Dismal Science The View from Hubbert's Peak Wheel of the Year—Reflections on Spirit and Season In the Same Boat: Getting Acquainted The Prodigals Return: In The Same Boat is Back Collateral Damage: Memorial Day Reflections The Third Season: The Best of Times The Third Season Revisited: The Worst of Times? Happy Are the Painters The Joy of Lex: The Hidden Treasures of Old Books Batteries Not Included: The Virtues of Simplicity The Gifts of the Magi: A Contrarian Christmas Carol Upstream: Remembering the River of My Youth Bark-Eater: Eulogy for an Old-Timer Headwaters: The Maternal Line The River of Beer Wheel of the Year: Study to be Quiet Wheel of the Year: The Return of the Light Wheel of the Year: Silence, Snow and Sewage Wheel of the Year: On the Wing! Snapshot: Dancing with Seals The Wilderness Mystique: The Landscape of the Mind Up North: Reflections on Mystique, Reality, and Magic Girl Talk: Seeing Pink! The Water Way: Aqua Vitae The Water Way: The Swamp The Water Way: The Last Chickadee Our Readers Write—Letters from Our Mailbox Straight Talk Dark-Adapted Eyes, Culture Tripping, and More Beating the Fog of Winter The Swarms of Summer: Jet-Skis and Biting Flies “Farwell's Rules,” Footwear, and Folding Boats Change of the Seasons, Water Devils, Rules, and Loons Thinking Like a River Letters Too Good to Keep to Ourselves The Unexpurgated Wiggle Test—and More! Pesto to PFDs From Trip's End to Remington's Bike Dinner in the Rockies and The Wind in the Willows From Traveling Lizards to “Newt Nectar” A Garage for Your Dachshund The Secret of Brenna's Lost Smile Buddy, Can you spare a Light? On Heeding the Still, Small Voice A Few Words From the Texas Hills A Better Yoke, and More Of Puffins, Theme Parks, and Happy Endings Dreaming of Spring (and Sailing) An Appetite for Summer Catching Up No Hibernating! The Over-the-Hill Gang Speaks Out! Disentangling a Deadly Web From the Earthy to the Sublime Getting a Leg Up—Safely and With Style (of Course!) Nourishing Body and Spirit Safety First and Last A Little Essential Reading Fall In! Autumn Comes to Canoe Country Hot Stuff! Spring's on the Wing! Summertime, and the Living Is Easy Winning the Space Race Warm Thoughts in a Cold Season The Lure of Open Water High Summer in Canoe Country The Best of Seasons There's News Afoot Spring Into Action! It's (Mostly) About the Boat We Sing the Paddler Electronic Now We're Cooking! Winter Pleasures Stitched Up and Standing Tall The Missing Link Found! Camp, Sweet Camp! Winter Wanderland From Maps to Nuts Spotlight—Books and Videos for Paddlers Reading Nature Books for Web-Footed Children Beyond Band-Aids: Medical Handbooks for Paddlers Outwater on Water: Water: A Natural History A Labor of Love: Healers of the Wild The Lady's Not for Turning: The Story of Mina Hubbard Good Guidebooks: Handicapping the Field Good Guidebooks: North Flow Good Guidebooks: Quiet Water Canoe Guide Good Guidebooks: Kid Stuff Another Good Guidebook: Paddling Hawai'i Showing the Way: The Adirondack Paddler's Map Virtual Voyages: Videotapes for Paddlers Virtual Voyages: Journals of Exploration Trip of a Lifetime—A Novel Experience Chapter by Chapter:The Trip in Brief The Usual Suspects:The People in Trip Chapter 1: Stirrings Chapter 2: The Cold Light of Dawn Chapter 3: Something Turns Up Chapter 4: I've Got a Little List Chapter 5: On Snyder's Pond Chapter 6: Knotty Problem Chapter 7: Friends and Lovers Chapter 8: April Fools Chapter 9: End of the Trail Chapter 10: Shooting the Sun Chapter 11: A Foreign Country Chapter 12: Everything Was Wonderful Chapter 13: Looking for a Boat Chapter 14: Unlucky Friday Chapter 15: Three Sisters Chapter 16: Stepping the Mast Chapter 17: Old Glory Chapter 18: A Wink is as Good as a Nod Chapter 19: James Bay or Bust! Chapter 20: On Different Wavelengths Chapter 21: Between a Rock and a Hard Place Chapter 22: Billy Swamp Chapter 23: The End of the Beginning Chapter 24: Into the Mists Chapter 25: Up the Creek Chapter 26: In the Same Boat Chapter 27: On a Wing and a Prayer Chapter 28: The Eagle Has Landed Chapter 29: Making Connections Chapter 30: Upriver Chapter 31: Freedom's Just Another Word… Chapter 32: A Forlorn Hope? Chapter 33: Homecoming Epilogue: And Nothing Hurt
Ropework for Paddlers
Secrets of a Happy Camper
Looking Beneath the Surface—Reading Water
The Complete Boatpacker
One Foot in the Grave? Paddling With the Over-the-Hill Gang Yes, There Is a Paddling Life After 50 Lighten Up! Hints on Lightsizing Your Gear A Pain in the…Shoulder! Beating the Bonk! Oh! My Aching Back! A Joint Like This: Tales From the Gimpy Knee Club Finding Your Comfort Zone Winning the Battle of the Bulge The SOT-Need Factor Airborne Get the Massage Strike a Blow for Comfort—Send in the Air Core! Sitting Pretty in the Backcountry Health and Comfort Items Mass Transit: The Michelin Man Goes Paddling Mass Transit: Straight Skinny Mass Transit: Improvise, Adapt, and Overcome The Survival Kit That's Always With You Doc in a Box: Building Your Own Medical Kit Beyond First Aid: Backcountry Medical Emergencies Where's the Rub? Coping With Chafe and Blisters There's a Sucker Born Every Minute: Living with Ticks The Whole Tooth: Backcountry Dental Care When You Gotta Go: Straight Poop on Backcountry Sanitation A Little Light Relief: Wetsuits, Drysuits, and Calls of Nature A Little Light Relief: Fundamental Issues Cleaning Up in the Backcountry—From the Skin Out Cleaning Up in the Backcountry—After the Meal is Over Cleaning Up in the Backcountry—Laundry Day! Girl Talk: Tips for Woodswomen Girl Talk: Stand and Deliver! Girl Talk: Going It Alone Getting Around—The Arts of Backcountry Travel Off the Beaten Track—Travelers' Tools The Rope Trick: Tracking Your Way Up a River The Lure of Lining When It's Time to Punt: The Art of Poling Wade, Wade, Wade Your Boat… Get Out and Get Over! Doing the Beaver Dam Shuffle Glorious Mud! Keeping Dry in a Wet World Off the Beaten Track: Bushwhacking Basics The Paddler Ashore: From Cow Cane to Trekking Pole Staying Found: It Beats the Alternative Get Lost! A Case Study in the Gentle Art of Bushwhacking Putting the “Old Woman” to Work—Harnessing the Wind How Hard is It Blowing? Taking the Measure of the Breeze Putting the Old Woman to Work: Canoe Sailing Sailors' Choice: Ways to Ride the Wind Sail Talk: Afloat on a Sea of Words, Part 1 Sail Talk: Afloat on a Sea of Words, Part 2 The Amphibious Paddler—Tips for No-Octane Trips On Your Bike? Why Not! Paddlers' Wheels—Bikes for Boaters Outfitting for Adventure All Systems Go! The Pre-Ride Check Rules of the (Asphalt) Road—Getting to the Put-In Trailering Your Boat with a Bike The Finer Points of Trailering Bag It! A Boat to Fit Your Bike The Freedom of the Hills Amphibious Trekking: Rediscovering the World on Your Doorstep Off Season? Making It Through Winter Weathering Winter in Style: On the Home Front Weathering Winter in Style: More from the Home Front Weathering Winter in Style: Exploring the Frozen World Weathering Winter in Style: Snowshoeing Ups and Downs Weathering Winter in Style: Snowshoeing — After the Fall On Thin Ice: Is It Safe? On Thin Ice: Stepping Out On Thin Ice: Breaking Through—Self-Rescue and Beyond Alimentary, My Dear—Fuel for Paddlers Getting Started Navigating Through Ten Years of "Alimentary My, Dear" Backcountry Menus to Go Bonk-Busters! Queen of Tarts — An Unlikely Snack Credit Crunch Bars — Better Than Store-Bought Setting the Bar Higher Food for Thought Good to Go: Keeping Food Fresh Under Way Dry It On! Putting Something By For A Rainy Day The Gluten-Free Paddler Gluten Freedom — Tips for Gluten-Sensitive Paddlers Thirst Is a Dangerous Thing Water, Water, Everywhere, But Not a Drop to Drink? No Sweat! Power Drinking and Eating Made Easy A Jug of Wine The Tao of Tea Java Jive: The Ch'i of Coffee At Last! Camp Coffee Worth Getting Up For Camp Coffee — It's the Taster's Choice Everycook's Staple Foods Meez Matters: The Camp Cook's Indispensables. Packing a Punch with Spices and Herbs Add a Little Zest to Your Life Our Daily Bread The Fat of the Land Gifts From the Home Farm Fiber: Taking the Rough With the Smooth Single-Serving Condiment Packets: From Cafeteria to Camp Flavor From a Tube, or Why I Love Amore Starting the Day What's for Breakfast? From Hand to Mouth: A Sandwich for Breakfast? Hot Stuff: Breakfast Cereal That Sticks by You Oatmeal: Simple, Good, and Cheap French Toast Nuggets Minipizzas for Breakfast? Why Not? From Soup to Nuts Bean Soup for Everyone! Soup's On! Making Your Own Dried Soups Make Mine Mulligatawny Tomatoes Fit to Hit the Trail Salad Days: Greens (and More) to Go Fruit for Thought! Fast Food Under Way: Focusing on Fruit Go Nuts! Don't Eschew Cashews! Pistachio Pastiche Alternatives for Paddlers With Nut Allergies Glorious, Gutsy Garlic Marmite? It's a Love-Hate Thing Marmite? Again? Will It Be Love This Time Around? Come ’n Get It! Pizza to Go? Why Not! Quick and Easy Minipizzas Bruschetta? You Betcha! Home-Cooked Meals in Camp? Why Not? Bagels—From the Deli to Your Belly New Takes on Journey Cakes Sweet and Savory Skillet Biscuits Simply Delicious Dumplings A Slump You Won't Want to End Have You Had Your Oats Today? Rice to Go Risotto, Again? The Wonders of Rice Rasta—A New Riff on an Old Favorite! Use Your Noodle Pasta, Pronto! Endless Pastabilities One-Pot Pasta Terrific Tortellini Noodles Like You've Never Known Them Putting My Orzo In Mac and Cheese — Thinking Outside the Box More Mac and Cheese, Please. Making the Case for Couscous The Power of Fusion Sausage: When Only the Wurst Will Do Just Say CHEESE! A Shore Lunch With a Difference This Spud's For You Mad About Mushrooms Use Your Bean! The Joy of Not Cooking The Middle Way—Minimalist Cooking A Box Lunch Primer Dinner's in the Can Fast Food Under Way: Quesadillas Fast Food Under Way: Satays Fast Food Under Way: Egg and Couscous Saute A Whole in One: One-Pot Meals Made Easy Where's the Beef? Building Meatless Backcountry Menus The Man-Cooking Way Eating Well in the Backcountry Without Meat or Milk Mush Makes the Meal—From Porridge to Polenta Tortilla Round SPAM®—The Meat We Hate to Love Skillet Frittatas? Why Not? Sweets and Treats Chocolate: The Food of the Gods Go Nuts Over Nutella® Lift Your Spirits! Hot Treats for Cold Paddlers Chill Out! Cool Treats for Hot Paddlers Just Desserts More Just Desserts Secrets From the Test Kitchen: Apple of My Eye Three Quick Breads Anyone Can Bake Skillet Chocolate Chip Cookies Skillet Brownies Popcorn Blowout Other Times, Other Places Hardtack for Hard Traveling Lean Times, Hard Rations Stone-Age Cuisine Chopsticks, Anyone? The Portable Pantry—Food and Trip-Planning Planning for a Big Trip: First Things Food for the Long Haul Building a Menu The Other Family Jewels: Pots and Pans Cast-Iron Joy Is This the End of the Iron Age? Packing Heat: Fuel for Thought Fire in the Hole! Campfire Cookery It's Only Natural! Personal Voyages of Discovery Paddling with a Purpose First, Do No Harm: A Paddler's Decalogue Making Your Own Luck: Outfitting for Discovery Write On! Fixing Images on the Emulsion of Memory Shape and Shadow: The Art of Sketching Eye and Hand: Practical Art for Paddlers Eye and Hand: Tools of the Trade Eye and Hand: Just a Quick Sketch Eye and Hand: Depth and Definition Eye and Hand: Drawing Water Eye and Hand: A Perspective on Landscape Eye and Hand: Caught on the Fly Eye and Hand: Color Your World Eye and Hand: Pencils or Pixels—Or Both? Eye and Hand: The Colors of Water Eye and Hand: Monochrome Monologue Eye and Hand: Root and Branch Eye and Hand: Studio Voyaging It's Only Natural: Acquainted with the Night It's Only Natural: On the Water The Enduring Legacy of Professor Secchi The Lure of Small Water In the Company of Trees Going to the Birds Streams in the Desert: Wildness in Man's Shadow It's Only Natural: Waste Not, Want Not Wildcountry Palimpsest: Incident in a Beech Wood Wildcountry Palimpsest: The Track of the Porcupine Wildcountry Palimpsest: The Devil of the Woods Air, Earth, and Water—Natural History for Paddlers The Four Pillars The Four Pillars of the Paddler's World: Water The Four Pillars of the Paddler's World: Earth, Fire, and Air The World of Water A First Look at the Stuff that Holds Us Up Between Two Worlds Revolution Beneath the Surface The Life History of a Wave Liquid Assets—Marsh, Bog, and Swamp The Joy of Swamps Salt Marshes Where Water Meets Rock—Of Gravity and Geology The Dynamics of Moving Water: Theme and Variation The Dynamics of Moving Water: Rhythm and Tempo On the Beach Surf's Up! Where the Sea Meets the Land Coastwise: Exploring the World at Land's End Barrier Islands and Beaches Where the River Meets the Roadstead Eskers: Remembrance of Rivers Past Hidden in Plain Sight: Legacies From the Last Ice Age The Ins and Outs of Potholes Discourse of Rivers: A Tale of Two Rivers Discourse of Rivers: It’s a Matter of Scale A Discourse of Rivers: Current Affairs A Discourse of Rivers: Before You Take the Plunge Debriefing a Rapids The Restless Air Weather Happens Under Pressure: Using a Barometer Anvils of the Gods: Thunderstorms Season of Mists: The World of Fog Portraits of Weather: The Language of Clouds Flora and Fauna Palimpsest: The Living Legacy of the North American Beaver The Lively World of Dead Trees The Trees: The Noble Beech The Trees: The Fragrant Fir The Trees: The Hardy Tamarack The Paddling Naturalist: Life on the Edge Stinkhorns, Earthtongues and Dead-man's Fingers The Noxious Twins: Poison Ivy and Poison Oak Alien Invasion! Sex in the Water: 200 Million Years Old and Still Going Strong The Double Life of Amphibians Sex on the Wing: Mosquitoes, Punkies, Blackflies, and You Silent Summer: The Voice of the Wilderness Fades Away The Big Sleep: Waiting for Warmth to Return Drummers in the Walls The Courage of Turtles The Industry of Skunks Sucker! The Skillful Leech The Big Small World of Woolly Bears No Sluggards, These The Lord of the Trees Is it a Beaver or a Muskrat? Picture This! Birds of the Water's Edge Read All About It! Books for Nature-Lovers Nature's an Open Book: The Living World Nature's an Open Book: The Physical World Nature's An Open Book: Virtual Voyages Voices From the Wild—The Silent Majority Speaks Out Ratatosk: A Red Squirrel The River Warden: Chipmunk on Our Doorstep Not a Creature Was Stirring: A Mouse in the House Boyz in the Woods: Coyote Tells It Like It Is The Sisterhood: Blackflies, Nietzsches of the North Woods Talking Turkey: Return of a Native Last Beachhead? Sea Turtle Blues Busy as a Beaver The Sounds of Silence: A Chickadee Looks at His World Waterway Rambling—Paddling Back to the Future Making Connections Back to the Future Oh, for a Short Ship! Boats for Ramblers Picking Up the Thread Upstreaming Made Easy Paddling through Time—The Canoe and Kayak in History In the Beginning: The Well-Traveled Barrister In the Beginning: The Little Giant In the Beginning: The Boy-Men Backwaters: Three Men in Three Boats on the Danube Backwaters: Treasure for the Taking Backwaters: The Curious Story of Three Men in a Boat Backwaters: The World of Wind in the Willows War in a Wilderness: The Siege of Khartoum War in a Wilderness: The Campaign of the Cataracts Beyond the Beauty Strip—Ethics and Environment Home Water: A Purpose in Liquidity Bad Idea! Trespass and "Commando Camping" Burning Issues: When to Say NO to a Campfire—and Why Keep It Clean! Practical Ecology for Paddlers Monofilament, Deadly Deceiver When It's Not a Good Idea to Look the Other Way Talking Trash More Trash Talk TANSTAAFL: Hiawatha Meets the Dismal Science The View from Hubbert's Peak Wheel of the Year—Reflections on Spirit and Season In the Same Boat: Getting Acquainted The Prodigals Return: In The Same Boat is Back Collateral Damage: Memorial Day Reflections The Third Season: The Best of Times The Third Season Revisited: The Worst of Times? Happy Are the Painters The Joy of Lex: The Hidden Treasures of Old Books Batteries Not Included: The Virtues of Simplicity The Gifts of the Magi: A Contrarian Christmas Carol Upstream: Remembering the River of My Youth Bark-Eater: Eulogy for an Old-Timer Headwaters: The Maternal Line The River of Beer Wheel of the Year: Study to be Quiet Wheel of the Year: The Return of the Light Wheel of the Year: Silence, Snow and Sewage Wheel of the Year: On the Wing! Snapshot: Dancing with Seals The Wilderness Mystique: The Landscape of the Mind Up North: Reflections on Mystique, Reality, and Magic Girl Talk: Seeing Pink! The Water Way: Aqua Vitae The Water Way: The Swamp The Water Way: The Last Chickadee Our Readers Write—Letters from Our Mailbox Straight Talk Dark-Adapted Eyes, Culture Tripping, and More Beating the Fog of Winter The Swarms of Summer: Jet-Skis and Biting Flies “Farwell's Rules,” Footwear, and Folding Boats Change of the Seasons, Water Devils, Rules, and Loons Thinking Like a River Letters Too Good to Keep to Ourselves The Unexpurgated Wiggle Test—and More! Pesto to PFDs From Trip's End to Remington's Bike Dinner in the Rockies and The Wind in the Willows From Traveling Lizards to “Newt Nectar” A Garage for Your Dachshund The Secret of Brenna's Lost Smile Buddy, Can you spare a Light? On Heeding the Still, Small Voice A Few Words From the Texas Hills A Better Yoke, and More Of Puffins, Theme Parks, and Happy Endings Dreaming of Spring (and Sailing) An Appetite for Summer Catching Up No Hibernating! The Over-the-Hill Gang Speaks Out! Disentangling a Deadly Web From the Earthy to the Sublime Getting a Leg Up—Safely and With Style (of Course!) Nourishing Body and Spirit Safety First and Last A Little Essential Reading Fall In! Autumn Comes to Canoe Country Hot Stuff! Spring's on the Wing! Summertime, and the Living Is Easy Winning the Space Race Warm Thoughts in a Cold Season The Lure of Open Water High Summer in Canoe Country The Best of Seasons There's News Afoot Spring Into Action! It's (Mostly) About the Boat We Sing the Paddler Electronic Now We're Cooking! Winter Pleasures Stitched Up and Standing Tall The Missing Link Found! Camp, Sweet Camp! Winter Wanderland From Maps to Nuts Spotlight—Books and Videos for Paddlers Reading Nature Books for Web-Footed Children Beyond Band-Aids: Medical Handbooks for Paddlers Outwater on Water: Water: A Natural History A Labor of Love: Healers of the Wild The Lady's Not for Turning: The Story of Mina Hubbard Good Guidebooks: Handicapping the Field Good Guidebooks: North Flow Good Guidebooks: Quiet Water Canoe Guide Good Guidebooks: Kid Stuff Another Good Guidebook: Paddling Hawai'i Showing the Way: The Adirondack Paddler's Map Virtual Voyages: Videotapes for Paddlers Virtual Voyages: Journals of Exploration Trip of a Lifetime—A Novel Experience Chapter by Chapter:The Trip in Brief The Usual Suspects:The People in Trip Chapter 1: Stirrings Chapter 2: The Cold Light of Dawn Chapter 3: Something Turns Up Chapter 4: I've Got a Little List Chapter 5: On Snyder's Pond Chapter 6: Knotty Problem Chapter 7: Friends and Lovers Chapter 8: April Fools Chapter 9: End of the Trail Chapter 10: Shooting the Sun Chapter 11: A Foreign Country Chapter 12: Everything Was Wonderful Chapter 13: Looking for a Boat Chapter 14: Unlucky Friday Chapter 15: Three Sisters Chapter 16: Stepping the Mast Chapter 17: Old Glory Chapter 18: A Wink is as Good as a Nod Chapter 19: James Bay or Bust! Chapter 20: On Different Wavelengths Chapter 21: Between a Rock and a Hard Place Chapter 22: Billy Swamp Chapter 23: The End of the Beginning Chapter 24: Into the Mists Chapter 25: Up the Creek Chapter 26: In the Same Boat Chapter 27: On a Wing and a Prayer Chapter 28: The Eagle Has Landed Chapter 29: Making Connections Chapter 30: Upriver Chapter 31: Freedom's Just Another Word… Chapter 32: A Forlorn Hope? Chapter 33: Homecoming Epilogue: And Nothing Hurt
Health and Comfort Items
Getting Around—The Arts of Backcountry Travel
Off the Beaten Track—Travelers' Tools
Putting the “Old Woman” to Work—Harnessing the Wind
The Amphibious Paddler—Tips for No-Octane Trips On Your Bike? Why Not! Paddlers' Wheels—Bikes for Boaters Outfitting for Adventure All Systems Go! The Pre-Ride Check Rules of the (Asphalt) Road—Getting to the Put-In Trailering Your Boat with a Bike The Finer Points of Trailering Bag It! A Boat to Fit Your Bike The Freedom of the Hills Amphibious Trekking: Rediscovering the World on Your Doorstep Off Season? Making It Through Winter Weathering Winter in Style: On the Home Front Weathering Winter in Style: More from the Home Front Weathering Winter in Style: Exploring the Frozen World Weathering Winter in Style: Snowshoeing Ups and Downs Weathering Winter in Style: Snowshoeing — After the Fall On Thin Ice: Is It Safe? On Thin Ice: Stepping Out On Thin Ice: Breaking Through—Self-Rescue and Beyond Alimentary, My Dear—Fuel for Paddlers Getting Started Navigating Through Ten Years of "Alimentary My, Dear" Backcountry Menus to Go Bonk-Busters! Queen of Tarts — An Unlikely Snack Credit Crunch Bars — Better Than Store-Bought Setting the Bar Higher Food for Thought Good to Go: Keeping Food Fresh Under Way Dry It On! Putting Something By For A Rainy Day The Gluten-Free Paddler Gluten Freedom — Tips for Gluten-Sensitive Paddlers Thirst Is a Dangerous Thing Water, Water, Everywhere, But Not a Drop to Drink? No Sweat! Power Drinking and Eating Made Easy A Jug of Wine The Tao of Tea Java Jive: The Ch'i of Coffee At Last! Camp Coffee Worth Getting Up For Camp Coffee — It's the Taster's Choice Everycook's Staple Foods Meez Matters: The Camp Cook's Indispensables. Packing a Punch with Spices and Herbs Add a Little Zest to Your Life Our Daily Bread The Fat of the Land Gifts From the Home Farm Fiber: Taking the Rough With the Smooth Single-Serving Condiment Packets: From Cafeteria to Camp Flavor From a Tube, or Why I Love Amore Starting the Day What's for Breakfast? From Hand to Mouth: A Sandwich for Breakfast? Hot Stuff: Breakfast Cereal That Sticks by You Oatmeal: Simple, Good, and Cheap French Toast Nuggets Minipizzas for Breakfast? Why Not? From Soup to Nuts Bean Soup for Everyone! Soup's On! Making Your Own Dried Soups Make Mine Mulligatawny Tomatoes Fit to Hit the Trail Salad Days: Greens (and More) to Go Fruit for Thought! Fast Food Under Way: Focusing on Fruit Go Nuts! Don't Eschew Cashews! Pistachio Pastiche Alternatives for Paddlers With Nut Allergies Glorious, Gutsy Garlic Marmite? It's a Love-Hate Thing Marmite? Again? Will It Be Love This Time Around? Come ’n Get It! Pizza to Go? Why Not! Quick and Easy Minipizzas Bruschetta? You Betcha! Home-Cooked Meals in Camp? Why Not? Bagels—From the Deli to Your Belly New Takes on Journey Cakes Sweet and Savory Skillet Biscuits Simply Delicious Dumplings A Slump You Won't Want to End Have You Had Your Oats Today? Rice to Go Risotto, Again? The Wonders of Rice Rasta—A New Riff on an Old Favorite! Use Your Noodle Pasta, Pronto! Endless Pastabilities One-Pot Pasta Terrific Tortellini Noodles Like You've Never Known Them Putting My Orzo In Mac and Cheese — Thinking Outside the Box More Mac and Cheese, Please. Making the Case for Couscous The Power of Fusion Sausage: When Only the Wurst Will Do Just Say CHEESE! A Shore Lunch With a Difference This Spud's For You Mad About Mushrooms Use Your Bean! The Joy of Not Cooking The Middle Way—Minimalist Cooking A Box Lunch Primer Dinner's in the Can Fast Food Under Way: Quesadillas Fast Food Under Way: Satays Fast Food Under Way: Egg and Couscous Saute A Whole in One: One-Pot Meals Made Easy Where's the Beef? Building Meatless Backcountry Menus The Man-Cooking Way Eating Well in the Backcountry Without Meat or Milk Mush Makes the Meal—From Porridge to Polenta Tortilla Round SPAM®—The Meat We Hate to Love Skillet Frittatas? Why Not? Sweets and Treats Chocolate: The Food of the Gods Go Nuts Over Nutella® Lift Your Spirits! Hot Treats for Cold Paddlers Chill Out! Cool Treats for Hot Paddlers Just Desserts More Just Desserts Secrets From the Test Kitchen: Apple of My Eye Three Quick Breads Anyone Can Bake Skillet Chocolate Chip Cookies Skillet Brownies Popcorn Blowout Other Times, Other Places Hardtack for Hard Traveling Lean Times, Hard Rations Stone-Age Cuisine Chopsticks, Anyone? The Portable Pantry—Food and Trip-Planning Planning for a Big Trip: First Things Food for the Long Haul Building a Menu The Other Family Jewels: Pots and Pans Cast-Iron Joy Is This the End of the Iron Age? Packing Heat: Fuel for Thought Fire in the Hole! Campfire Cookery It's Only Natural! Personal Voyages of Discovery Paddling with a Purpose First, Do No Harm: A Paddler's Decalogue Making Your Own Luck: Outfitting for Discovery Write On! Fixing Images on the Emulsion of Memory Shape and Shadow: The Art of Sketching Eye and Hand: Practical Art for Paddlers Eye and Hand: Tools of the Trade Eye and Hand: Just a Quick Sketch Eye and Hand: Depth and Definition Eye and Hand: Drawing Water Eye and Hand: A Perspective on Landscape Eye and Hand: Caught on the Fly Eye and Hand: Color Your World Eye and Hand: Pencils or Pixels—Or Both? Eye and Hand: The Colors of Water Eye and Hand: Monochrome Monologue Eye and Hand: Root and Branch Eye and Hand: Studio Voyaging It's Only Natural: Acquainted with the Night It's Only Natural: On the Water The Enduring Legacy of Professor Secchi The Lure of Small Water In the Company of Trees Going to the Birds Streams in the Desert: Wildness in Man's Shadow It's Only Natural: Waste Not, Want Not Wildcountry Palimpsest: Incident in a Beech Wood Wildcountry Palimpsest: The Track of the Porcupine Wildcountry Palimpsest: The Devil of the Woods Air, Earth, and Water—Natural History for Paddlers The Four Pillars The Four Pillars of the Paddler's World: Water The Four Pillars of the Paddler's World: Earth, Fire, and Air The World of Water A First Look at the Stuff that Holds Us Up Between Two Worlds Revolution Beneath the Surface The Life History of a Wave Liquid Assets—Marsh, Bog, and Swamp The Joy of Swamps Salt Marshes Where Water Meets Rock—Of Gravity and Geology The Dynamics of Moving Water: Theme and Variation The Dynamics of Moving Water: Rhythm and Tempo On the Beach Surf's Up! Where the Sea Meets the Land Coastwise: Exploring the World at Land's End Barrier Islands and Beaches Where the River Meets the Roadstead Eskers: Remembrance of Rivers Past Hidden in Plain Sight: Legacies From the Last Ice Age The Ins and Outs of Potholes Discourse of Rivers: A Tale of Two Rivers Discourse of Rivers: It’s a Matter of Scale A Discourse of Rivers: Current Affairs A Discourse of Rivers: Before You Take the Plunge Debriefing a Rapids The Restless Air Weather Happens Under Pressure: Using a Barometer Anvils of the Gods: Thunderstorms Season of Mists: The World of Fog Portraits of Weather: The Language of Clouds Flora and Fauna Palimpsest: The Living Legacy of the North American Beaver The Lively World of Dead Trees The Trees: The Noble Beech The Trees: The Fragrant Fir The Trees: The Hardy Tamarack The Paddling Naturalist: Life on the Edge Stinkhorns, Earthtongues and Dead-man's Fingers The Noxious Twins: Poison Ivy and Poison Oak Alien Invasion! Sex in the Water: 200 Million Years Old and Still Going Strong The Double Life of Amphibians Sex on the Wing: Mosquitoes, Punkies, Blackflies, and You Silent Summer: The Voice of the Wilderness Fades Away The Big Sleep: Waiting for Warmth to Return Drummers in the Walls The Courage of Turtles The Industry of Skunks Sucker! The Skillful Leech The Big Small World of Woolly Bears No Sluggards, These The Lord of the Trees Is it a Beaver or a Muskrat? Picture This! Birds of the Water's Edge Read All About It! Books for Nature-Lovers Nature's an Open Book: The Living World Nature's an Open Book: The Physical World Nature's An Open Book: Virtual Voyages Voices From the Wild—The Silent Majority Speaks Out Ratatosk: A Red Squirrel The River Warden: Chipmunk on Our Doorstep Not a Creature Was Stirring: A Mouse in the House Boyz in the Woods: Coyote Tells It Like It Is The Sisterhood: Blackflies, Nietzsches of the North Woods Talking Turkey: Return of a Native Last Beachhead? Sea Turtle Blues Busy as a Beaver The Sounds of Silence: A Chickadee Looks at His World Waterway Rambling—Paddling Back to the Future Making Connections Back to the Future Oh, for a Short Ship! Boats for Ramblers Picking Up the Thread Upstreaming Made Easy Paddling through Time—The Canoe and Kayak in History In the Beginning: The Well-Traveled Barrister In the Beginning: The Little Giant In the Beginning: The Boy-Men Backwaters: Three Men in Three Boats on the Danube Backwaters: Treasure for the Taking Backwaters: The Curious Story of Three Men in a Boat Backwaters: The World of Wind in the Willows War in a Wilderness: The Siege of Khartoum War in a Wilderness: The Campaign of the Cataracts Beyond the Beauty Strip—Ethics and Environment Home Water: A Purpose in Liquidity Bad Idea! Trespass and "Commando Camping" Burning Issues: When to Say NO to a Campfire—and Why Keep It Clean! Practical Ecology for Paddlers Monofilament, Deadly Deceiver When It's Not a Good Idea to Look the Other Way Talking Trash More Trash Talk TANSTAAFL: Hiawatha Meets the Dismal Science The View from Hubbert's Peak Wheel of the Year—Reflections on Spirit and Season In the Same Boat: Getting Acquainted The Prodigals Return: In The Same Boat is Back Collateral Damage: Memorial Day Reflections The Third Season: The Best of Times The Third Season Revisited: The Worst of Times? Happy Are the Painters The Joy of Lex: The Hidden Treasures of Old Books Batteries Not Included: The Virtues of Simplicity The Gifts of the Magi: A Contrarian Christmas Carol Upstream: Remembering the River of My Youth Bark-Eater: Eulogy for an Old-Timer Headwaters: The Maternal Line The River of Beer Wheel of the Year: Study to be Quiet Wheel of the Year: The Return of the Light Wheel of the Year: Silence, Snow and Sewage Wheel of the Year: On the Wing! Snapshot: Dancing with Seals The Wilderness Mystique: The Landscape of the Mind Up North: Reflections on Mystique, Reality, and Magic Girl Talk: Seeing Pink! The Water Way: Aqua Vitae The Water Way: The Swamp The Water Way: The Last Chickadee Our Readers Write—Letters from Our Mailbox Straight Talk Dark-Adapted Eyes, Culture Tripping, and More Beating the Fog of Winter The Swarms of Summer: Jet-Skis and Biting Flies “Farwell's Rules,” Footwear, and Folding Boats Change of the Seasons, Water Devils, Rules, and Loons Thinking Like a River Letters Too Good to Keep to Ourselves The Unexpurgated Wiggle Test—and More! Pesto to PFDs From Trip's End to Remington's Bike Dinner in the Rockies and The Wind in the Willows From Traveling Lizards to “Newt Nectar” A Garage for Your Dachshund The Secret of Brenna's Lost Smile Buddy, Can you spare a Light? On Heeding the Still, Small Voice A Few Words From the Texas Hills A Better Yoke, and More Of Puffins, Theme Parks, and Happy Endings Dreaming of Spring (and Sailing) An Appetite for Summer Catching Up No Hibernating! The Over-the-Hill Gang Speaks Out! Disentangling a Deadly Web From the Earthy to the Sublime Getting a Leg Up—Safely and With Style (of Course!) Nourishing Body and Spirit Safety First and Last A Little Essential Reading Fall In! Autumn Comes to Canoe Country Hot Stuff! Spring's on the Wing! Summertime, and the Living Is Easy Winning the Space Race Warm Thoughts in a Cold Season The Lure of Open Water High Summer in Canoe Country The Best of Seasons There's News Afoot Spring Into Action! It's (Mostly) About the Boat We Sing the Paddler Electronic Now We're Cooking! Winter Pleasures Stitched Up and Standing Tall The Missing Link Found! Camp, Sweet Camp! Winter Wanderland From Maps to Nuts Spotlight—Books and Videos for Paddlers Reading Nature Books for Web-Footed Children Beyond Band-Aids: Medical Handbooks for Paddlers Outwater on Water: Water: A Natural History A Labor of Love: Healers of the Wild The Lady's Not for Turning: The Story of Mina Hubbard Good Guidebooks: Handicapping the Field Good Guidebooks: North Flow Good Guidebooks: Quiet Water Canoe Guide Good Guidebooks: Kid Stuff Another Good Guidebook: Paddling Hawai'i Showing the Way: The Adirondack Paddler's Map Virtual Voyages: Videotapes for Paddlers Virtual Voyages: Journals of Exploration Trip of a Lifetime—A Novel Experience Chapter by Chapter:The Trip in Brief The Usual Suspects:The People in Trip Chapter 1: Stirrings Chapter 2: The Cold Light of Dawn Chapter 3: Something Turns Up Chapter 4: I've Got a Little List Chapter 5: On Snyder's Pond Chapter 6: Knotty Problem Chapter 7: Friends and Lovers Chapter 8: April Fools Chapter 9: End of the Trail Chapter 10: Shooting the Sun Chapter 11: A Foreign Country Chapter 12: Everything Was Wonderful Chapter 13: Looking for a Boat Chapter 14: Unlucky Friday Chapter 15: Three Sisters Chapter 16: Stepping the Mast Chapter 17: Old Glory Chapter 18: A Wink is as Good as a Nod Chapter 19: James Bay or Bust! Chapter 20: On Different Wavelengths Chapter 21: Between a Rock and a Hard Place Chapter 22: Billy Swamp Chapter 23: The End of the Beginning Chapter 24: Into the Mists Chapter 25: Up the Creek Chapter 26: In the Same Boat Chapter 27: On a Wing and a Prayer Chapter 28: The Eagle Has Landed Chapter 29: Making Connections Chapter 30: Upriver Chapter 31: Freedom's Just Another Word… Chapter 32: A Forlorn Hope? Chapter 33: Homecoming Epilogue: And Nothing Hurt
Off Season? Making It Through Winter
Alimentary, My Dear—Fuel for Paddlers Getting Started Navigating Through Ten Years of "Alimentary My, Dear" Backcountry Menus to Go Bonk-Busters! Queen of Tarts — An Unlikely Snack Credit Crunch Bars — Better Than Store-Bought Setting the Bar Higher Food for Thought Good to Go: Keeping Food Fresh Under Way Dry It On! Putting Something By For A Rainy Day The Gluten-Free Paddler Gluten Freedom — Tips for Gluten-Sensitive Paddlers Thirst Is a Dangerous Thing Water, Water, Everywhere, But Not a Drop to Drink? No Sweat! Power Drinking and Eating Made Easy A Jug of Wine The Tao of Tea Java Jive: The Ch'i of Coffee At Last! Camp Coffee Worth Getting Up For Camp Coffee — It's the Taster's Choice Everycook's Staple Foods Meez Matters: The Camp Cook's Indispensables. Packing a Punch with Spices and Herbs Add a Little Zest to Your Life Our Daily Bread The Fat of the Land Gifts From the Home Farm Fiber: Taking the Rough With the Smooth Single-Serving Condiment Packets: From Cafeteria to Camp Flavor From a Tube, or Why I Love Amore Starting the Day What's for Breakfast? From Hand to Mouth: A Sandwich for Breakfast? Hot Stuff: Breakfast Cereal That Sticks by You Oatmeal: Simple, Good, and Cheap French Toast Nuggets Minipizzas for Breakfast? Why Not? From Soup to Nuts Bean Soup for Everyone! Soup's On! Making Your Own Dried Soups Make Mine Mulligatawny Tomatoes Fit to Hit the Trail Salad Days: Greens (and More) to Go Fruit for Thought! Fast Food Under Way: Focusing on Fruit Go Nuts! Don't Eschew Cashews! Pistachio Pastiche Alternatives for Paddlers With Nut Allergies Glorious, Gutsy Garlic Marmite? It's a Love-Hate Thing Marmite? Again? Will It Be Love This Time Around? Come ’n Get It! Pizza to Go? Why Not! Quick and Easy Minipizzas Bruschetta? You Betcha! Home-Cooked Meals in Camp? Why Not? Bagels—From the Deli to Your Belly New Takes on Journey Cakes Sweet and Savory Skillet Biscuits Simply Delicious Dumplings A Slump You Won't Want to End Have You Had Your Oats Today? Rice to Go Risotto, Again? The Wonders of Rice Rasta—A New Riff on an Old Favorite! Use Your Noodle Pasta, Pronto! Endless Pastabilities One-Pot Pasta Terrific Tortellini Noodles Like You've Never Known Them Putting My Orzo In Mac and Cheese — Thinking Outside the Box More Mac and Cheese, Please. Making the Case for Couscous The Power of Fusion Sausage: When Only the Wurst Will Do Just Say CHEESE! A Shore Lunch With a Difference This Spud's For You Mad About Mushrooms Use Your Bean! The Joy of Not Cooking The Middle Way—Minimalist Cooking A Box Lunch Primer Dinner's in the Can Fast Food Under Way: Quesadillas Fast Food Under Way: Satays Fast Food Under Way: Egg and Couscous Saute A Whole in One: One-Pot Meals Made Easy Where's the Beef? Building Meatless Backcountry Menus The Man-Cooking Way Eating Well in the Backcountry Without Meat or Milk Mush Makes the Meal—From Porridge to Polenta Tortilla Round SPAM®—The Meat We Hate to Love Skillet Frittatas? Why Not? Sweets and Treats Chocolate: The Food of the Gods Go Nuts Over Nutella® Lift Your Spirits! Hot Treats for Cold Paddlers Chill Out! Cool Treats for Hot Paddlers Just Desserts More Just Desserts Secrets From the Test Kitchen: Apple of My Eye Three Quick Breads Anyone Can Bake Skillet Chocolate Chip Cookies Skillet Brownies Popcorn Blowout Other Times, Other Places Hardtack for Hard Traveling Lean Times, Hard Rations Stone-Age Cuisine Chopsticks, Anyone? The Portable Pantry—Food and Trip-Planning Planning for a Big Trip: First Things Food for the Long Haul Building a Menu The Other Family Jewels: Pots and Pans Cast-Iron Joy Is This the End of the Iron Age? Packing Heat: Fuel for Thought Fire in the Hole! Campfire Cookery It's Only Natural! Personal Voyages of Discovery Paddling with a Purpose First, Do No Harm: A Paddler's Decalogue Making Your Own Luck: Outfitting for Discovery Write On! Fixing Images on the Emulsion of Memory Shape and Shadow: The Art of Sketching Eye and Hand: Practical Art for Paddlers Eye and Hand: Tools of the Trade Eye and Hand: Just a Quick Sketch Eye and Hand: Depth and Definition Eye and Hand: Drawing Water Eye and Hand: A Perspective on Landscape Eye and Hand: Caught on the Fly Eye and Hand: Color Your World Eye and Hand: Pencils or Pixels—Or Both? Eye and Hand: The Colors of Water Eye and Hand: Monochrome Monologue Eye and Hand: Root and Branch Eye and Hand: Studio Voyaging It's Only Natural: Acquainted with the Night It's Only Natural: On the Water The Enduring Legacy of Professor Secchi The Lure of Small Water In the Company of Trees Going to the Birds Streams in the Desert: Wildness in Man's Shadow It's Only Natural: Waste Not, Want Not Wildcountry Palimpsest: Incident in a Beech Wood Wildcountry Palimpsest: The Track of the Porcupine Wildcountry Palimpsest: The Devil of the Woods Air, Earth, and Water—Natural History for Paddlers The Four Pillars The Four Pillars of the Paddler's World: Water The Four Pillars of the Paddler's World: Earth, Fire, and Air The World of Water A First Look at the Stuff that Holds Us Up Between Two Worlds Revolution Beneath the Surface The Life History of a Wave Liquid Assets—Marsh, Bog, and Swamp The Joy of Swamps Salt Marshes Where Water Meets Rock—Of Gravity and Geology The Dynamics of Moving Water: Theme and Variation The Dynamics of Moving Water: Rhythm and Tempo On the Beach Surf's Up! Where the Sea Meets the Land Coastwise: Exploring the World at Land's End Barrier Islands and Beaches Where the River Meets the Roadstead Eskers: Remembrance of Rivers Past Hidden in Plain Sight: Legacies From the Last Ice Age The Ins and Outs of Potholes Discourse of Rivers: A Tale of Two Rivers Discourse of Rivers: It’s a Matter of Scale A Discourse of Rivers: Current Affairs A Discourse of Rivers: Before You Take the Plunge Debriefing a Rapids The Restless Air Weather Happens Under Pressure: Using a Barometer Anvils of the Gods: Thunderstorms Season of Mists: The World of Fog Portraits of Weather: The Language of Clouds Flora and Fauna Palimpsest: The Living Legacy of the North American Beaver The Lively World of Dead Trees The Trees: The Noble Beech The Trees: The Fragrant Fir The Trees: The Hardy Tamarack The Paddling Naturalist: Life on the Edge Stinkhorns, Earthtongues and Dead-man's Fingers The Noxious Twins: Poison Ivy and Poison Oak Alien Invasion! Sex in the Water: 200 Million Years Old and Still Going Strong The Double Life of Amphibians Sex on the Wing: Mosquitoes, Punkies, Blackflies, and You Silent Summer: The Voice of the Wilderness Fades Away The Big Sleep: Waiting for Warmth to Return Drummers in the Walls The Courage of Turtles The Industry of Skunks Sucker! The Skillful Leech The Big Small World of Woolly Bears No Sluggards, These The Lord of the Trees Is it a Beaver or a Muskrat? Picture This! Birds of the Water's Edge Read All About It! Books for Nature-Lovers Nature's an Open Book: The Living World Nature's an Open Book: The Physical World Nature's An Open Book: Virtual Voyages Voices From the Wild—The Silent Majority Speaks Out Ratatosk: A Red Squirrel The River Warden: Chipmunk on Our Doorstep Not a Creature Was Stirring: A Mouse in the House Boyz in the Woods: Coyote Tells It Like It Is The Sisterhood: Blackflies, Nietzsches of the North Woods Talking Turkey: Return of a Native Last Beachhead? Sea Turtle Blues Busy as a Beaver The Sounds of Silence: A Chickadee Looks at His World Waterway Rambling—Paddling Back to the Future Making Connections Back to the Future Oh, for a Short Ship! Boats for Ramblers Picking Up the Thread Upstreaming Made Easy Paddling through Time—The Canoe and Kayak in History In the Beginning: The Well-Traveled Barrister In the Beginning: The Little Giant In the Beginning: The Boy-Men Backwaters: Three Men in Three Boats on the Danube Backwaters: Treasure for the Taking Backwaters: The Curious Story of Three Men in a Boat Backwaters: The World of Wind in the Willows War in a Wilderness: The Siege of Khartoum War in a Wilderness: The Campaign of the Cataracts Beyond the Beauty Strip—Ethics and Environment Home Water: A Purpose in Liquidity Bad Idea! Trespass and "Commando Camping" Burning Issues: When to Say NO to a Campfire—and Why Keep It Clean! Practical Ecology for Paddlers Monofilament, Deadly Deceiver When It's Not a Good Idea to Look the Other Way Talking Trash More Trash Talk TANSTAAFL: Hiawatha Meets the Dismal Science The View from Hubbert's Peak Wheel of the Year—Reflections on Spirit and Season In the Same Boat: Getting Acquainted The Prodigals Return: In The Same Boat is Back Collateral Damage: Memorial Day Reflections The Third Season: The Best of Times The Third Season Revisited: The Worst of Times? Happy Are the Painters The Joy of Lex: The Hidden Treasures of Old Books Batteries Not Included: The Virtues of Simplicity The Gifts of the Magi: A Contrarian Christmas Carol Upstream: Remembering the River of My Youth Bark-Eater: Eulogy for an Old-Timer Headwaters: The Maternal Line The River of Beer Wheel of the Year: Study to be Quiet Wheel of the Year: The Return of the Light Wheel of the Year: Silence, Snow and Sewage Wheel of the Year: On the Wing! Snapshot: Dancing with Seals The Wilderness Mystique: The Landscape of the Mind Up North: Reflections on Mystique, Reality, and Magic Girl Talk: Seeing Pink! The Water Way: Aqua Vitae The Water Way: The Swamp The Water Way: The Last Chickadee Our Readers Write—Letters from Our Mailbox Straight Talk Dark-Adapted Eyes, Culture Tripping, and More Beating the Fog of Winter The Swarms of Summer: Jet-Skis and Biting Flies “Farwell's Rules,” Footwear, and Folding Boats Change of the Seasons, Water Devils, Rules, and Loons Thinking Like a River Letters Too Good to Keep to Ourselves The Unexpurgated Wiggle Test—and More! Pesto to PFDs From Trip's End to Remington's Bike Dinner in the Rockies and The Wind in the Willows From Traveling Lizards to “Newt Nectar” A Garage for Your Dachshund The Secret of Brenna's Lost Smile Buddy, Can you spare a Light? On Heeding the Still, Small Voice A Few Words From the Texas Hills A Better Yoke, and More Of Puffins, Theme Parks, and Happy Endings Dreaming of Spring (and Sailing) An Appetite for Summer Catching Up No Hibernating! The Over-the-Hill Gang Speaks Out! Disentangling a Deadly Web From the Earthy to the Sublime Getting a Leg Up—Safely and With Style (of Course!) Nourishing Body and Spirit Safety First and Last A Little Essential Reading Fall In! Autumn Comes to Canoe Country Hot Stuff! Spring's on the Wing! Summertime, and the Living Is Easy Winning the Space Race Warm Thoughts in a Cold Season The Lure of Open Water High Summer in Canoe Country The Best of Seasons There's News Afoot Spring Into Action! It's (Mostly) About the Boat We Sing the Paddler Electronic Now We're Cooking! Winter Pleasures Stitched Up and Standing Tall The Missing Link Found! Camp, Sweet Camp! Winter Wanderland From Maps to Nuts Spotlight—Books and Videos for Paddlers Reading Nature Books for Web-Footed Children Beyond Band-Aids: Medical Handbooks for Paddlers Outwater on Water: Water: A Natural History A Labor of Love: Healers of the Wild The Lady's Not for Turning: The Story of Mina Hubbard Good Guidebooks: Handicapping the Field Good Guidebooks: North Flow Good Guidebooks: Quiet Water Canoe Guide Good Guidebooks: Kid Stuff Another Good Guidebook: Paddling Hawai'i Showing the Way: The Adirondack Paddler's Map Virtual Voyages: Videotapes for Paddlers Virtual Voyages: Journals of Exploration Trip of a Lifetime—A Novel Experience Chapter by Chapter:The Trip in Brief The Usual Suspects:The People in Trip Chapter 1: Stirrings Chapter 2: The Cold Light of Dawn Chapter 3: Something Turns Up Chapter 4: I've Got a Little List Chapter 5: On Snyder's Pond Chapter 6: Knotty Problem Chapter 7: Friends and Lovers Chapter 8: April Fools Chapter 9: End of the Trail Chapter 10: Shooting the Sun Chapter 11: A Foreign Country Chapter 12: Everything Was Wonderful Chapter 13: Looking for a Boat Chapter 14: Unlucky Friday Chapter 15: Three Sisters Chapter 16: Stepping the Mast Chapter 17: Old Glory Chapter 18: A Wink is as Good as a Nod Chapter 19: James Bay or Bust! Chapter 20: On Different Wavelengths Chapter 21: Between a Rock and a Hard Place Chapter 22: Billy Swamp Chapter 23: The End of the Beginning Chapter 24: Into the Mists Chapter 25: Up the Creek Chapter 26: In the Same Boat Chapter 27: On a Wing and a Prayer Chapter 28: The Eagle Has Landed Chapter 29: Making Connections Chapter 30: Upriver Chapter 31: Freedom's Just Another Word… Chapter 32: A Forlorn Hope? Chapter 33: Homecoming Epilogue: And Nothing Hurt
Getting Started
Thirst Is a Dangerous Thing
Everycook's Staple Foods
Starting the Day
From Soup to Nuts
Come ’n Get It!
Sweets and Treats
Other Times, Other Places
The Portable Pantry—Food and Trip-Planning
It's Only Natural! Personal Voyages of Discovery
Eye and Hand: Practical Art for Paddlers Eye and Hand: Tools of the Trade Eye and Hand: Just a Quick Sketch Eye and Hand: Depth and Definition Eye and Hand: Drawing Water Eye and Hand: A Perspective on Landscape Eye and Hand: Caught on the Fly Eye and Hand: Color Your World Eye and Hand: Pencils or Pixels—Or Both? Eye and Hand: The Colors of Water Eye and Hand: Monochrome Monologue Eye and Hand: Root and Branch Eye and Hand: Studio Voyaging It's Only Natural: Acquainted with the Night It's Only Natural: On the Water The Enduring Legacy of Professor Secchi The Lure of Small Water In the Company of Trees Going to the Birds Streams in the Desert: Wildness in Man's Shadow It's Only Natural: Waste Not, Want Not Wildcountry Palimpsest: Incident in a Beech Wood Wildcountry Palimpsest: The Track of the Porcupine Wildcountry Palimpsest: The Devil of the Woods
Air, Earth, and Water—Natural History for Paddlers
The Four Pillars
The World of Water
Liquid Assets—Marsh, Bog, and Swamp
Where Water Meets Rock—Of Gravity and Geology
The Restless Air
Flora and Fauna
Read All About It! Books for Nature-Lovers
Voices From the Wild—The Silent Majority Speaks Out
Waterway Rambling—Paddling Back to the Future
Paddling through Time—The Canoe and Kayak in History
Beyond the Beauty Strip—Ethics and Environment
Wheel of the Year—Reflections on Spirit and Season
Our Readers Write—Letters from Our Mailbox
Spotlight—Books and Videos for Paddlers
Trip of a Lifetime—A Novel Experience