Mother Nature is actually working WITH us, keeping the canoe from drying-out too much!
Love is here.
Canoe! Canoe!

Relaxing for a day in town... Washington, Missouri!
Love is here.
Canoe! Canoe!

Sometimes, the light is too good to pass-up!
Love is here.
Canoe! Canoe!

But, of COURSE, I do!
I love my Mighty Mo'!!!
Love is here.
Canoe! Canoe!

Washington, Missouri knows this dance.
So do I...
Love is here.
Canoe! Canoe!

Dugout Canoe Love comes to Graham, Texas, for The Sky Earth Family Outdoor Skills Gathering!
Love is here.
Canoe! Canoe!

Looking inside the big cottonwood...
Love is here.
Canoe! Canoe!

A good look at the latest progress!
Love is here.
She's almost ready to steam!!!
Canoe! Canoe!

One last Walk Around for the unnamed canoe that's taking shape near Graham, Texas, at The Sky Earth Family Gathering.
I'll be back to finish her next year.
Love is here.
Canoe! Canoe!

Bella The Dugout Canoe, or "Belladonna Beaver" is a twenty-foot Douglas fir that I carved with Tom Elpel in Cardwell and Pony, Montana.
This was her maiden voyage... a week on the Marias!
Perfect.
Canoe! Canoe!

A little teaser for the movie I have yet to finish. Knotty On The Mo'.
Twin Bridges, Montana to St. Louis, Missouri... in a cottonwood dugout canoe!
Knotty The Dugout Canoe is featured.
Churchill Clark goes along for the ride.
Dugout Canoe Love is here.
Canoe! Canoe!

The first float for my most well-traveled canoe, as a project... Crazy Mary.
This Ponderosa (yellow) pine doesn't disappoint!
Tonasket to Brewster, Washington, floating the Okanogan River on to The Columbia!

Torn down in a micro-burst, a ponderosa finds me in Curlew Lake, Washington.
After a wild ride from camp to camp, she becomes a beautiful dugout canoe!
I customized this one a bit...
Canoe! Canoe!

Half blind from a terrible wreck, I felt the urge to call on the trees to help me in my healing.
The universe answered.
A big cottonwood, wanting to be a canoe, found me in Littleton, Colorado! This was the start of Dugout Canoe Love.
Love is here.
Canoe! Canoe!

My friends at Wide Awake Films surprised me with this amazing "extra" included on the DVD of "The American Artist: The Life And Times Of George Caleb Bingham"...
Dugout canoe magic is real.
Love is here.