Kestra:

I'd like to hear from Fawn. Too bad she is not around much anymore. :/

If the car goes, then the canoe goes. There is no other safe or reasonable way to haul it. Though from most places in the city I could ride a bicycle to one of my favorite fishing lakes. But if I sold the canoe and kept the car (for now) I could still fish from the shore in many lakes around. The canoe takes up a lot of space and there are paddles, an anchor, a soft rack to put it on the roof, etc.

I enjoy the simplicity of throwing on my waterproof boots and just putting my pole and tackle box in the hatchback and going to the lake. The canoe has to be loaded, unloaded, and reloaded on the roof each trip.

I am familiar with ERE -- very interesting site!