Canoe-Brain
filed in Outdoors: Paddling on Mar.07, 2006
I’ve got Canoe-Brain. It’s a legitimate condition. I looked it up. Canoe-Brain is a debilitating illness where one cannot think about anything but canoes for an extended period of time.
I’ve been afflicted with Canoe-Brain since my 30th birthday last week, when my wife presented me with the gift of CANOE. The best part is that I get to research and shop for it myself. Outdoor gear and equipment is the only caviat to my opinion that shopping sucks. I’m drowning in paddling websites, manufacturer’s product catalogs and canoeing magazines.
I’ve been canoeing since I was 8-years-old, but this will be the first time I own my own boat. Needless to say, I’m extremely excited. I have an amazing wife who knows me better than I know myself. I’m blessed to call her mine.
As pretty as that wooden canoe in the photo is, it is not the type of canoe I will be getting. Wood is gorgeous… but it’s expensive, heavy and not very durable. I’ll be going with something more affordable and lasting. The choices, features, shapes, lengths, weights, materials and accessories are mountainous. I can appreciate learning all the modern canoe jargon and discovering how far technologically this shrinking community of paddlers has travelled. Some of the innovations in canoe and paddle design are pretty amazing.
For now, I’m enjoying the process of narrowing down the choices and dreaming of the next time I get to paddle. I’ll be sure to share the boat I get with my blog readers.
March 8th, 2006 on 8:06 am
Canoe-brain. All this time I suffered from it, and did not know it’s technical definition. I’ve had my eye on an Old Town camper from REI (and we all know by “had my eye on” we mean “knows it will never happen”). Although the “Guide” model comes in at roughly half the price.
Are you going to have this in time for Spring/Summer camping?
March 8th, 2006 on 8:35 am
yeah…Ken.
Kate cued a few people in on this purchase, or should I say, presentation of funds so YOU could purchase your vessel a few months ago (hence the pictures) and said you would really like to purchase it yourself.
BOY WAS SHE RIGHT.
“Canoe-Brain” is a tribute to Kate, I believe.
March 8th, 2006 on 10:00 am
I’m hoping to purchase at the end of March, so if I get a model in-stock, then I’m all set to go. If I end up ordering from the manufacturer, it could take up to a month to get the canoe… but, by the end of April I’ll be in the water for sure.
March 8th, 2006 on 10:01 am
Canoe-Brain is indeed a tribute to Kate.
March 9th, 2006 on 10:41 am
Have fun!
http://www.canoeing.org/pbares/index.htm
October 4th, 2006 on 8:44 am
I also have an inappropriate case of canoe-brain and have been looking at Wenonah Adirondacks, Mad River Explorers, and Old Town Penobscots. Are you happy with the primary/secondary stability of the Wenonah? Do you have enough room for the family? We have a 21 mo. old with another on the way. Thanks.