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Glenn MacGrady

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I'd mainly just like to get back to anything beyond local canoe paddling, which has been derailed for three years due to Covid, advancing age and other personal issues.

Specifically and realistically, in 2022 I'd like to:

• Deliver the canoe I bought for my daughter and granddaughter in Tallahassee and Palm Coast, Florida, so I can paddle some of my favorite places in northern and mid-Florida. One trip in the spring and a second in the fall, as I used to.

• Paddle once more the enchanted Sparkleberry Swamp in Rimini, South Carolina, this time as an overnight, perhaps on the way to or from Florida.

• In the mid or late summer, paddle one last time on the lake I grew up on every summer, and first canoed on, in Woodstock, Maine. Ideally, combine that with some short trips in other parts of Maine.

• At least one trip to the Adirondacks in New York, maybe as part of one or two CTN get-togethers that could be organized.
 
Still trying to paddle the Dubawnt/Thelon next summer. The Noatak this past summer was a nice alternative, but not the same. Also hopefully a solo Quetico trip in the fall.
 
ADKs in the spring with a buddy. A Maine river trip and WCHA symposium this summer. Thinking a week in La Vérendrye in the fall if the border requirements are feasible.

I am hoping to get some time to finish my projects as well.

Thanks Glenn- now I’m excited!

Bob
 
Big trip next year (22) isn't canoeing, but a car trip with side hikes to Grand Teton and Yellowstone in Late May/Early June.

If possible, I'd like to get up to the St Regis in early May for a long weekend for some trout fishing before the punkies come.

The summer plans will depend on work/travel schedule.

I'd also like to get back up to the St Regis for a late September trip, which is one of my favorite times to go; water's warm enough to take a daily afternoon bath, but the days are cool and the nights cold.

If work interferes with that, my wife would like to spend some time with our daughter in NH, and I'd then like to head north and canoe somewhere in Maine for a few days.

A 'big trip' for '23 would be a first leg of the Northern Forest Canoe Trail, Old Forge to wherever I land a week later.
 
time flies so fast. So far we are paddling for a month in Florida starting in early February. Beyond that I have no idea . We would like to return to Newfoundland and go via Labrador but it would be with my Monarch and a sea kayak. Or back to Lake Superior for ten days.
 
I will be having open heart surgery next month or February at the latest. I am hoping the surgery goes well, I have a quick, full recovery so I can get back to canoe camping in the Adirondacks as soon as possible. I plan to retire in June and want to take many more extended trips than I have been able to while working.
 
Planning (and dreaming of) a trip to Northern Ontario either in Wabakimi or adjacent crown land. 3 to 4 weeks solo, starting end of May.
 
@TrailBlaser , The best of luck to you!

At least one multiday solo trip. I don't know where yet, but Maine is full of opportunities.
I already have several smaller bodies of water to paddle right close by. These are waters that are pretty much ignored by people every day. Should be interesting.
 
I will be having open heart surgery next month or February at the latest. I am hoping the surgery goes well, I have a quick, full recovery so I can get back to canoe camping in the Adirondacks as soon as possible. I plan to retire in June and want to take many more extended trips than I have been able to while working.
don't push too hard! my weight limit for close to a year was only 20lbs so I wouldn't pull the wires and glue holding my sternum together, and so I could let my chest muscles heal. I, found that trips that year were pretty well all flatwater, short, (distance not time) and portage- free, I also added a half dozen cold packs for my chest muscles and sternum and switched to an ottertail for 95% of my paddling because most of my other paddles were high-volume ones that put too much strain on my chest.
Here's to hoping your convalescence period is short and pain free...
 
I've only planned one trip so far- winter camping in February, with this new wave of covid, we could be in lockdown any day and all crown lands could be shut down, including regional, provincial and federal parks.
I've got several trips figured out, but have my doubts that they'll actually be allowed...
 
I will be having open heart surgery next month or February at the latest. I am hoping the surgery goes well, I have a quick, full recovery so I can get back to canoe camping in the Adirondacks as soon as possible. I plan to retire in June and want to take many more extended trips than I have been able to while working.
Hope all goes well.. Maybe a trip with others to a lake? We have lots here in Maine that offer that possibility without portages. Same for the Daks though that area seems to be getting awfully crowded.
 
The last few years has turned me into a bit of a pessimist canoe planning wise so Ive got lots of dreams and hopes, but I’m reluctant to do much serious planning. Fingers crossed NWT and Nunavut will be open.
Best case is the Thlewazia to the bay. If Nunavut isnt open, I’ll cut across to the Seal at Nueltin and and finish in Manitoba, and if Manitoba isn’t open I’ll stay in Sask and do the Chipman/Porcupine Loop.
 
I'm trying not to think about it, I need a hernia repair and of course, the hospitals are full of anti-vaxxers, so I'm on a waitlist.
 
The last few years has turned me into a bit of a pessimist canoe planning wise so Ive got lots of dreams and hopes, but I’m reluctant to do much serious planning. Fingers crossed NWT and Nunavut will be open.
Best case is the Thlewazia to the bay. If Nunavut isnt open, I’ll cut across to the Seal at Nueltin and and finish in Manitoba, and if Manitoba isn’t open I’ll stay in Sask and do the Chipman/Porcupine Loop.
Good luck on the Thlewiaza. We paddled a section of it going from Wollaston Lake to the Bay via the ThaAnne. It's a rocky SOB!
 
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A spring trip to the Missouri Ozarks is looking likely as some friends are working on a plan.

Specifically and realistically, in 2022 I'd like to:

• Paddle once more the enchanted Sparkleberry Swamp in Rimini, South Carolina, this time as an overnight, perhaps on the way to or from Florida.
This is very understandable. Quite unlike nearly everything I paddle, reminds me of a maze, but on water. If you’d like some company send me a pm when you have dates in mind. Sparkleberry is only a couple hours away for me.
 
Nothing so grand lies on my horizon; I plan to get my kids out fishing from my canoe. I want to do some longer one-way trips necessitating staging vehicles. Would love to do some overnight camping, weather and scheduling permitting.

My wife is out of her cast and in a boot, and beginning physical therapy tomorrow. No idea when she’ll be able to drive, so I’m still on a very short leash.
 
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