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The Failed Hunt for Bernie : Canoeing Grout Pond, Vermont
(State #21/50) My original intentions were to locate, convince and canoe around with Bernie Sanders. As Vermont is small in size and population, I tacked on another 45 minutes to my schedule to accomplish this goal. Yet, after an hour of … Continue reading
Posted in Canoeing the Northeast
Tagged American Rivers, Beer, Bernie Sanders, Campfire, Canoe 50, Canoeing, Church, Green Mountains, Grout Pond, Osprey, Vermont
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Beavers, Mosquitoes, Moose Oh My: Canoeing Elbow Pond, New Hampshire
(State #20/50) The day started rough; I woke up next to a busy blacktop road in Maine on a drizzly and bug ridden morning. Breaking ‘camp,’ I didn’t bother to stow the tent properly as it was sopping wet and … Continue reading
Posted in Canoeing the Northeast
Tagged American Rivers, Beaver, Beer, Canoe 50, Canoeing, Elbow Pond, Moose, mosquitoes, Mount Washington, New Hampshire, Osprey, Paris Climate Accords, White Mountains
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A North Woods Canoe: Moosehead Lake, Maine
(State #19/50) There are some places in the country where I get odd looks for having a 16-foot canoe strapped atop a 14-foot car; Northern Maine is not one of them. As I motored up 95 and onto smaller highways, it … Continue reading
Posted in Canoeing the Northeast
Tagged American Rivers, Beer, Canoe 50, Canoeing, Lilly Bay SP, Loon, Maine, Moosehead Lake, Northwoods, Sugar Island, Sunrise, Waves
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Tippy Canoe and Trevor Too: Canoeing the Deerfield River, Massachusetts
(State #18/50) The day: sunny and warm. The water: clear and sparkling. The mountains lining the valley: a patchwork of green. As for Trevor and I… we were both nervous and excited. Well, maybe just nervous. We had arrived in the … Continue reading
Posted in Canoeing the Northeast
Tagged American Rivers, Baby Gap, Beaver, Berkshires, Canoe 50, Canoeing, Deerfield River, Guitar, Massachusetts, portage, Rapids, Summer, Tippy Canoe, Trevor, Walden Pond
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Canoeing Chowda Country with Trevor: Watchaug Pond, Rhode Island
(State #17/50) Waiting, I stood next to my car and canoe at the train station in Providence. Bruno Marrs pumped out of my open windows. Trevor rounded the corner with a duffel bag over his shoulders and sunglasses glinting. We … Continue reading
Posted in Canoeing the Northeast
Tagged American Rivers, Burlingame SP, Canoe 50, Canoeing, Chowder, Kettle Pond, Rhode Island, Sunset, Watchaug Pond
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Eric Crosses the Delaware: Canoeing The Water Gap, New Jersey
(State #16/50) Every time I used to rag on New Jersey for being a pit, my Dad would tell me about the greatness of The Delaware Water Gap. So, New Jersey was an easy one to pick once I decided … Continue reading
Posted in The Mid-Atlantic
Tagged Allergies, American Rivers, Canoe 50, Canoeing, Delaware River, Delaware Water Gap, George Washington, New Jersey, Ticks
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The Tidal Treadmill: Canoeing the Mispillion River, Delaware
(State #15/50) To be fair, it wasn’t all Delaware’s fault. I’ll shoulder some of the blame — I had picked the river for Delaware based upon only a satellite image. The mouth of Mispillion is a lazy wide river, flowing … Continue reading
Posted in The Mid-Atlantic
Tagged American Rivers, Bald Eagle, Canoe 50, Canoeing, Delaware, DuPont Nature Center, Horseshoe Crab, Mispillion River, Red Knot, Sunrise, Tidal
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Canoeing Point Lookout, Maryland: Where the Potomac meets Chesapeake Bay
(State #14/50) My night in Maryland marked the one month anniversary of my trip — not a bad point to reach for my first paid night of lodging. Up until then, I had managed to find free camping, but the … Continue reading
Posted in The Mid-Atlantic
Tagged American Rivers, Bald Eagle, Canoe 50, Canoeing, Chesapeake Bay, Confederate POW Camp, Maryland, Osprey, Point Lookout SP, Potomac, Rain
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Cold with a Chance of Snakes and a Shotgun: Canoeing the Cowpasture River, Virginia
(State #13/50) The river was well named — it was a dale flanked by pasturelands of mooing cows, farmhouses and forest covered mountains. Pinewoods and sheer rock cliffs existed where there weren’t fields. The Indians named it Walatoola originally, meaning … Continue reading
Almost Winter, West Virginia: Canoeing the Greenbrier River
(State #12/50) I was outpacing summer. Sure, I accomplished my goal of clearing the Deep South before it got too damn hot and bug-ridden. But, heading north into the mountains of West Virginia with my cousin Wesley, the 5th of … Continue reading
Posted in Canoeing the South
Tagged Allegheny Mountains, American Rivers, Beer, Canoe 50, Canoeing, Cinco de Mayo, Greenbrier River, Poison Ivy, Rain, West Virginia
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