Hi Everyone, I wanted to pass this news along from Kacy at the Nature Conservancy at Lake Martin: I thought you might be interested in the attached photo and recent sighting of a White-winged Scoter in Lake Martin. Matt Pardue (our Land Steward) and I saw him last week, but Matt couldn’t make a certainRead more
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I wanted to give everyone an update on our spring kickoff weekend coming up the last weekend of February. We’ve received commitments from lots of factory reps for the Adventure Trade Show on Saturday, the 26th of February – including North Face, SPOT, Osprey, Native Watercraft, Hurricane, Hobie, Wilderness Systems, Yakima, PacSafe, Gregory, The CampRead more
Becky and I are proud to announce that the Pack & Paddle family has grown again. Our son Matt and his wife Rebecca delivered our first Grandbaby. Liam Matthew was born on September 14th. Life has been so crazy since then, we’re just getting around to letting everyone get their first glimpse of a wholeRead more
The following blog post is written by a good friend of the shop, Possum – who writes a full moon report every month. They’re all great to read, but I really wanted to share this edition with all of you. I hope you enjoy…. John Full Specklebelly Moon Full Specklebelly moon rises Saturday evening atRead more
We’ve had requests for the recipe for the home-made powerbars that our guide Stacey Scarce brings on some of the trips she leads. S0 – here it is!: 4 cups rolled oats 1 container of peanut butter About 16 oz or more of honey Now add whatever of the following ingredients that you would likeRead more
We’ve had requests for the recipe for the home-made powerbars that our guide Stacey Scarce brings on some of the trips she leads. S0 – here it is!: 4 cups rolled oats 1 container of peanut butter About 16 oz or more of honey Now add whatever of the following ingredients that you would likeRead more
We’ve had requests for the recipe for the home-made powerbars that our guide Stacey Scarce brings on some of the trips she leads. S0 – here it is!: 4 cups rolled oats 1 container of peanut butter About 16 oz or more of honey Now add whatever of the following ingredients that you would likeRead more
Last week, I taught my favorite clinic – Ultralight Backpacking. We had a very receptive crowd and I thought that I was really in the zone teaching the class. Little did I know that one of my students in the back of the room wasn’t nearly as impressed with me as I was with myself!Read more
For a while now, Becky and I have been meaning to get out to Lake Martin to try out some tandem kayaks that we are thinking of putting in our rental fleet. We’ve had that project rolling around on our to-do list for 5 or 6 weeks. Not exactly a to-do bullet point that youRead more
This is our locals version of a building implosion. We’re cleaning out back near our warehouse to create a brand new kayak yard! In case you don’t know him, Will Daley works for us at P&P building displays, fixing problems, and now… tearing down buildings.Read more