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- From the Dam to the Bay on the Ochlockonee River
- Paddling the Keys: The Seven Mile Bridge
- A Special Birthday Present
- Paddling Wild and Beautiful Arbuckle Creek
- Thoughts on Living Seven Decades
- A Calm Day and a Discovery on the St. Sebastian River
- The Spoil Islands are Washing Away
- 2012 Trip Reports Summary
- You Never Know What You'll See on the Indian River Lagoon
- Sixty-five Miles on the Suwannee River
- Headline! Don Wins 3 mile Kayak Race on Sebastian River in 36 min. 03 sec. or an average speed of 5 mph over the three miles.
- The 2012 Keys Challenge: On the Water
- Keys Challenge: The Beard Experiment
- Kayaking Lake George, October 2012
- Paddling Cedar Key
- Indian River Lagoon Day Paddles
- Paddling the St. Sebastian River
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- Paddler's Rendezvous 2011
- Peace, Love, Paddle! January 2011
- Assateague Island and the Pokomoke River 2008
- Late October Weekend on Lake George, NY 2007
- Lake George End to End, October 2008: Part I
- Blown Away on Woods Island, October 2009
- A Suwannee River Sojourn 2009
- The Maine Islands: Our First Paddle
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- Paddling Canada’s Rideau Canal
- A Hike and a Rescue
- Paddling in the Everglades: A Video
- Trekking in Peru and Machu Picchu
- Greg's Adventure
- Sail Your Kayak!
- Creating Hatch Lifters for a Wooden Kayak
- Camping on Florida's Intracoastal Waterway Spoil Islands
- First Annual POS/AVM Snowshoe Event
- Cage Diving With Great White Sharks!
- Surf Kayaking Pinguino
- A Do-It-Yourself Kayak Water Bag
- Climbing Snoqualmie Mountain, Washington
- How To's
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- How To: A Trip Planning Guide
- Assembling My Rack N' Roll Trailer
- Repairing Scratches in a Fiberglass Deck
- How To: Removing the Goo!
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- PLB's - Personal Locator Beacons
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- The Big Agnes Pad and Sleeping Bag System
- Gear Review: Aqua-Bound Paddles, Made in the USA
- Gear Reviews Archive 2007-2011
- Gear Review: MSR Dromedary Bags-Removing the Nasty Taste
- NRS Boaters Gloves
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- The Great Influenza: The story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History
- White Moth: Three Generations at a Tuscan Villa
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- The Emerald Mile
- The Book Review Format
- The Final Frontiersman
- The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt’s Darkest Journey
- Lone Survivor
- Through Hiker’s Eyes
- The World Without Us
- Everyday Survival: Why Smart People Do Stupid Things
- Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why
- STIFF: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
- There is No Toilet Paper on the Road less traveled
- The Hudson: A History
- The Survivor’s Club
- No Way Down: Life and Death on K2
- 127 Hours: Between a Rock and a Hard Place
- At the Mercy of the Sea
- A Voyage for Madmen
- The Proving Ground
- Island at the Center of the World
- The Emerald Mile
- “A Treasure We Call Home” is Indeed a Treasure!
- Forests, Alligators, Battlefields: A Unique Read and a Good Reference
- Totch: A Life in the Everglades
- Mr. Watson and the Daniels Family: A Personal Connection
- Without a Paddle: A Guest Review
- Joe Glickman and Freya Hoffmeister
- A Land Remembered
- Sea Kayaker's MORE DEEP TROUBLE
- Killing Mister Watson and Shadow Country
- Cheating Death
- Fire!
- Ten Hours Until Dawn
- Lewis and Clark
- Buried in the Sky: The Extraordinary Story of the Sherpa Climbers on K2’s Deadliest Day
- On Island Time: Kayaking the Caribbean
- Crazy for the Storm: A Memoir of Survival
- No Easy Day: The Autobiography of a Navy SEAL
- Lost in the Jungle: A Harrowing True Story of Adventure and Survival
- Fearless: One Woman, One Kayak, One Continent
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- Into the Wild
- Without a Paddle: Memoir
- Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Coast Trail
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