..Shenandoah is a long, narrow park, with the 100+ mile Skyline Drive running down the center of it, at the top of a section of the Ap...

With my dive season wrapping up for the year, I decided to revisit the AuSable River right around Halloween. I did paddle...

....my heaviest find this year may have been a 30 lb. anchor, attached to 100’ of chain. It wasn’t hard to locate out in the lake, but...

In November, my diving season was wrapping up and I was ready for a vacation. I love kayak camping trips, and a friend told me about the...

I ambitiously thought we might go maybe five miles, but Reid Lake has several loops, so we weren’t committed to that, fortunately…

As a full-time recovery scuba diver, I’m most often called to come locate the everyday things people keep in their pockets. I can usually...

My friend and I like to explore small rivers and streams. Our first attempt was in 2015, when we traveled about nine miles on the Belle...

I’m very happy that it’s dive season! I’ve had quite a few early season calls lately and am very happy to be back in the water. Compared...

As of Spring 2023, camping and backpacking gear will be available for rental. Packages and individual items are available. We have gear...

Late fall is a slower time of year for me: my backpacking trips are done for the year, and most of the boaters are done for the season,...

I’ve wanted to circumnavigate Harsen’s Island for a while now but just hadn’t gotten around to it; I expected it would be about sixteen...

I had been wanting to paddle the full length of the Detroit River for a while and decided that today was the day. Or, very close to the...

As a recovery scuba diver with many successful dives in the marinas on and near Lake St. Clair, the most frequent questions I get asked...

..I looked for the eagle nest, hoping for another sighting, but couldn’t spot it. We did see plenty of wildlife though, mostly of the..

Last October I paddled the full length of the AuSable River and then some distance north on Lake Huron; during that trip I saw many...

After completing our first section of the North Branch of the Clinton River, it was time for the next stretch. I had a fantasy of making...

For months Ekaterina has been sending me pictures of the North Branch of the Clinton River from bridges she passes. It looked pretty good...

A solo October paddle down the Au Sable River and up the coast of Lake Huron to Alpena, over 170 miles by sea kayak in six days.

A couple of weeks ago, although it was getting a little colder, Ekaterina and I felt like river exploration season hadn’t yet ended. This...

I checked the map. "Don't worry," I told Karisma, "we're pretty close to a parking lot, then it's just another three miles to the halfway...