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Canoeing Plans for 2026?

Probably mostly local paddling. My son turned 18 last week, and we are doing a big "coming of age" trip this year. Unfortunately, work would not let me have 7 uninterrupted weeks of PTO, so our original prospect of doing the NFCT went kerput. Now it looks like a 4-week driving tour of Canada and the northern US, with the furthest point being Deadhorse, AK. Hopefully we can do a little rental based canoing along the way, maybe a couple short overnighters.
 
I’m making a bit of a career change this year and to kick it off am doing a special trip. I’m hoping to be out for 7 to 8 weeks travelling from the Winnipeg area to Sault Saint Marie via the Path of the Paddle route and then Lake Superior. This is a fairly local trip for me so costs will be minimal and there will be lots of great history to learn along the way. As primarily a river tripper in the past, I’m really looking forward to paddling Lake Superior in my new to me Mad River Monarch.
 
I hope to get to Florida in the spring or fall for a week or so of paddling, perhaps for the last time.

Base camping trips in the Jersey Pinelands and Adirondacks.

The WCHA Assembly, from which I hope to sneak away for a half day trip or two in the Dacks.

Some "local" paddles with the Greater Connecticut/NY/MA/RI Region motley crew I'm trying to herd.

I certainly hope for all the above . . . because . . . I've custom ordered the sixth "final canoe of my life" since 2008.
 
My plans keep switching around, but the most likely thing is to try to get down the Mégiscane again. :eek:
 
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