I was wondering when this would happen to one of my pictures! I appreciate the picture of the "egg in face" because it means you get it.  I am not refering to this incident but to others on this board and other canoeing boards. Don't consider this a rant but an observation I have had for along time.   I really am amazed that in this day some men don't think women can steer a canoe, many men don't think women like to camp and canoe, or that women wouldn't like to fish or hunt. Or, wouldn't like a longer canoe trip than a shorter one. Etc. Etc.I know many women don't grow up in families that encourage this but many do.  I guess I hang around with people where both husbands and wives do all these things and I just consider it normal.  I know my husband loves that I love to do these things, it is one of the things that drew us together.  When I heard he canoed also, I was hooked. No pun intended.  Our daughter as well as our son loves to camp, fish, deer hunt, duck hunt, hike, and she can do everything as well as he does.   Sometimes I think men should invite their wives along on a canoe trip and they might just find they have a partner who will grow just as passionate about it as they are.  I take many more canoe trips than my husband, and he hunts more (I don't hunt but take pictures).  Thanks for the opportunity to share......