I've shared rides and or met up with people for a night or two at some chosen lake and that's always enjoyable when it's doable. Did a three week trip with 'some guy I met in the internet' one year as my wife liked to tell it. We shared a campsite for a night the year before. It was a great trip. Hell, it was even a good trip. I agreed to it based on a trip report Tripper wrote that sounded a whole lot like what I normally do so we decided on a trip that neither of us would have tackled alone. He still stops by when he's in town and I'm always happy when he does.

The profile thread is helpful but a trip report or two is even more helpful in considering if there might be a good match.

The hardest thing for us was figuring out who's gear to take. I think we sent pictures back and forth and still spent a day deciding, combining and packing before we left.


I'm curious prouboy. Why wouldn't you invite back a few that had joined you in the past? That would probably be good information to share up front.