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Well, the trip I have dreamed of since boyhood in about to come to fruition. Drive up to Sudbury on 6/9, get on the train on 6/11 at 5...

I wouldn't throw it away. I have an 8.5 footer that I keep in the Solitude for when I navigate the occasional shoals in the Snake. It's...

Out for a dawn paddle on the Waccamaw River, NC. Coffee break spot on the return home.

New Hampshire's Grafton Pond is about 30 minutes from my house. Often a packed parking lot on weekends, during the week it is largely...

A couple of weeks ago I'm paddling downstream and surprised a medium-size snapper that had climbed up a logjam to bask in the sun. I...

I saw a turtle slide down a sand bank into the water recently. Probably the fastest he's ever moved.

Seen frequently here, even on our little pond. Also seen on the Suwannee and Peace Rivers. A couple of weeks ago on the Suwannee I saw...

I have seen sea turtles riding waves up onto rocks and sliding back down. I don't know if they were doing it for fun(which I suspect) or...

Thanks for the heads up. I have assigned a crew member to keep a lookout.

Lately my local day paddle has been Cox Hollow Lake in Governor Dodge Stare Park near my home. I have been canoe training my nearly 8...

Coffee break spot on Rice Creek, NC. I bring along a 1 pint thermos of coffee and some where after the mid point of the paddle I’ll...

As my pup progresses with his canoe training we find more challenging water to work in. Yesterday our local paddle was the Wisconsin...

Local day paddle update. Practicing with my pup, we paddled farther from shore, longer distance and practiced doing a portage...

I’ve paddled many of the adventurous stretches of the Potomac, mostly stretches with rapids, but that leaves a whole lot of river I’ve...

It has been a while since I have been out on a real camping trip. This one was short (4 days, 3 nights) but it had a little bit of...