Stroyer wrote:

Oh, and then there's my canoe... it's not the fastest, the easiest
turning, it's not the lightest, and I'm still pretty new to the sport...
but I still have had a blast with my Green Pelican Explorer. It's
probably not the best at anything (but the cooler IS cool)...
but it works .... and I enjoy it. Isn't that what it's all about?
I thought it was.

I just used my lovely $279 Pelican Explorer at the Paddlefest and it
performed like a true champion, carrying myself, my bicycle, and the
oodles of promo stuff I'd gathered safely and stably down the wide Ohio,
passing many "yuppie schooners" along the way. Granted, my canoe wasn't
the first to make landfall at Cincinnati's Public Landing, but it sure
wasn't the last one to do so, either!