And these days I feel like I’m fading away
Like sometimes when I hear myself on the radio
Have you seen me lately?
Have you seen me lately?
– counting crows

Every once in a while it’s a good thing and to go back and cover a little old information, especially since there are lots of new faces out there.  Take the VHF Radio for instance.   It’s probably a good thing now and again to remind paddlers who are shopping for gear that even though it’s much more sexy to talk about GPS, EPIRBS & SPOTS, that on open water a VHF radio  is simply an absolute must.

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