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The monster table
Top is locust burl and epoxy, the sides finished with slow cure epoxy to seal the pokies, the face sanded to 1500 grit and finished with linseed oil. Legs are pieces of a spalted maple slab that...
View Article2023 Bob Open report
The 2023 Open ran from lower Holland Lake to Marias Pass, under overall kind conditions. A late spring led to a sunny May, with snow levels tapering northwards, and the foothills of Glacier having a...
View ArticleWest Grand loop; conception and planning
Back in December I drew a Grand Canyon river permit. I’d been trying for three years, putting in for the annual lottery, as well as for the winter cancellation permits, and after around 10 total...
View ArticleWest Grand loop; debrief and video
Planning post here, whose plan I followed pretty much dead on. Day one took me from Pearce Ferry, up Pearce Canyon, out the north fork of the south arm, and to a camp on the upper Sanup (where I...
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Dearborn River micro-guide
The Dearborn River can, for the purposes of floating, be divided into five distinct sections. All of them are worthwhile destinations, with short seasons relative to neighboring streams. Some parts of...
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The dad pack
Over the years I’ve made, and used, many very large backpacks; and while being a firm believer in having huge capacity and moderating packing choices rather than enforcing discipline with a crammed...
View Article2024 Bob Open report
The 2024 Open ran from Rogers Pass to Woods Bay on Flathead Lake, making the second longest course yet. Conditions leading up to May 25th were mixed, with a mild winter and cool spring, and a big...
View ArticleSummer vacation on the Middle Fork
https://youtube.com/watch?v=9Q5MSUivgG0%3Fsi%3DJdH9wHoFBRMUZMND The logistics were simple, which was the point; park at the city airport in Kalispell, pay Red Eagle Aviation nearly $700 to fly us into...
View ArticleThruhunting
Generally speaking, hunting and hiking are not compatible. Speaking here of big game hunting mostly, and understanding that species distributed far across the landscape often require extensive hiking...
View ArticleFlathead Rivers management plan, this time for real
Back in 2019 I beat the drum for packrafters to comment on the Flathead Rivers management plan update. 5.5 years later, we’re at the same place, due to staffing, COVID, and one imagines political foot...
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