Testing four canoe paddles (from Bending Branches, Mitchell, Sanborn and Grey Owl) to answer one question: What if I could only own a single canoe paddle… Recently I was musing about what a tragedy it ...

“Never half-ass two things. Whole-ass one thing.” — Ron Swanson. Actor Nick Offerman — known for his role as Ron Swanson on the NBC comedy series “Parks and Recreation” — recently sent out homemade ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... GRAND JUNCTION — She’s a 15-foot-9-inch-long, lost-art beauty, all graceful curves and elegant flowing lines. She only needs a few bits of fancy trim — and a ...

“When we started out, we didn’t know a thing about woodworking”, Todd Randall says as he switches on a table saw and dons some ear protection. “We learned as we went and got a lot of advice from our ...

After my wife and I went canoeing up in northern Minnesota a few months ago—on a lake near the town of Ely, where we had gone to visit the giant neutrino detector of the Soudan Underground Mine State ...

The dug-out canoe, shaped by Spokane tribal members from a 700-year-old tree, strained against the wind on Lake Pend Oreille, whitecaps breaking over the side. Wooden, leaf-shaped paddles dug into the ...

MURRAY, Ky. – Wedged between a produce stand hawking tomatoes and squash and another showcasing an enormous pile of sweet corn going fast at $4 a dozen, Alonzo "Lonnie" Carver is showing a man a ...

Fall is a great time to go canoeing; the bugs are gone, and the colors are out. It also is a time for sensible precautions. Fall temperatures often are cold, and that can be a hazard, even on sunny ...