Went on the Clearwater, the same place where Lewis and Clark went: “Canoeing the mountains” is behind now remake your canoes.

When you adapt by using new tools, you find out the old were great, too.

You went upstream for years. You forged through the endless mountains. Now you are adapting to life on the other side of the mountains. It is truly “all downhill from here.”
Gathering strength, getting your bearings, with the ‘experts’ on the shorelines, you forge ahead.
Leaving behind the ‘known’ for the unknown, you attempt the rapids. The ‘experts’ first mock your new canoes, now they go downstream at the point of the rapids, sure you are going to flip, crash, lose your stuff, or even your life. Sure enough, a canoe flips, but after drying out, your team is OK.
“Canoeing the mountains” is behind now remake your canoes.

When you adapt by using new tools, you find out the old were great, too.

We built our own kyaks, like this one in 1968.