SOMEWHERE IN THE BADLANDS, N.D. -- The canoe had lurched to a halt with an unceremonious "scrok!" on top of a boulder hidden just below the currents that now swirled around us. We were, quite ...

Everyone should spend a week paddling in a canoe, if not every year, at least once in their life. There’s no better way to get to know someone than being stuck in the same boat for days on end, and it ...

Join us on an overnight canoe-camping trip in the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge in Georgia, known for its abundant wildlife. We spotted our first alligator within 30 minutes and encountered a ...

This story, “Old Fashioned Trout Trip,” appeared in the June 1964 issue of Outdoor Life. Experience has taught me that guides know what they’re doing. The silly set-up we were in, however, made me ...

Southeast Alaska offers countless amazing outdoors opportunities but, due to our rugged and glaciated topography, there aren’t that many long or easy float trips. Luckily, a short ferry ride to Haines ...

Thirty-three years ago this week I was living in the Canadian bush and was the camp manager at Chimo Lodge and Outposts, which is a fly-in fishing camp. It was my second season and I had made an ...