Browsing Tag

Canoeing

  • Lake with a reflection of the trees and tree covered mountains in the background

    Colorado: Peace and Car Trouble at Monarch Lake

    2 Places · 1 Adventure — Wyoming · Colorado On our way back East from Grand Teton and Yellowstone, we stopped in Colorado to continue enjoying the Rocky Mountains. In order to grab a…

  • Woman on a pebble rock shoreline looking across a lake at tall mountains

    Wyoming: Jackson Lake and the Teton Range

    2 Places · 1 Adventure — Wyoming · Colorado After a year and a half of staying home, we knew our 2021 Canoe52 trip needed to be epic. We love Connecticut, but we wanted…

  • Wisconsin: Stakeout on the Flowage

    3 Places · 1 Adventure — Minnesota · Wisconsin · Ohio If there is one thing you can say about Wisconsin, it is remote. The Turtle-Flambeau Flowage in upstate Wisconsin blissfully meets this description.…

  • Virginia: Wading Low Tide on the Eastern Shore

    Virginia’s Eastern Shore can be boiled down to great hospitality, quiet corners, and pristine beaches. As mentioned in the “Great Dismal Swamp” post, Virginia has been a magical place. Our time here has consisted…

  • Silhouette of lone tree against a sunset background in the Dismal Swamp

    Virginia: The Great Dismal Swamp

    We were on a roll. Our canoe hit the water at 7:45 AM. Our gear was stowed, the cooler had plenty of ice and vitals, and Rigby was perched on the bow. This was…

  • Michigan: Floating in Sleeping Bear Bay

    We fashioned an anchor from a milk jug and rocks on Sleeping Bear Bay. We paddled out a couple of hundred feet from shore and drop the make-shift anchor to take in the scenery.…

  • Tidal River

    Go with the flow. Navigating a tidal river

    One of my favorite things in the world is adventure. I love it in pretty much any form. Long backpacking excursions, thrill rides, and four day long paddles down a tidal river. This 4th…