Canoe 52 began as a shared journey — two paddles moving in rhythm, a dog shifting between seats. This trip felt different. Same canoe. Same intention. But the current had changed, and I was learning how to read it. Paddling the Hampton-Seabrook Estuary felt like the right place to begin again. Nestled in Hampton Falls, New Hampshire, the Hampton-Seabrook Estuary stretches across 5,000 acres. According to New Hampshire Audubon, it contains the largest salt marsh in the state. Just a…
4 Places · 1 Adventure — Missouri · Iowa · Illinois · Indiana The Indiana Dunes sit at an unusual crossroads of landscapes. Here along the southern edge of Lake Michigan, forests blend into…
4 Places · 1 Adventure — Missouri · Iowa · Illinois · Indiana The Mississippi River moves differently than most. Whereas the Current River rushed through the Ozarks, the Mississippi near Le Claire, Iowa…
Our original plan was to canoe in Theodore Roosevelt National Park. We would camp by the Little Missouri River and paddle in the park for a different perspective of the landscape and wildlife than…
2 Places · 1 Adventure — North Dakota · South Dakota About 23 miles Northwest of Bismarck is Harmon Lake, a 145-acre reservoir set on Otter Creek in North Dakota’s Great Plains. Since a…
After our adventures in the alpine lakes of Wyoming and Colorado, we headed back East. Stops along the way home included Denver and Topeka for some sightseeing, no paddling. We added Kentucky as a…
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…
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…
3 Places · 1 Adventure — Minnesota · Wisconsin · Ohio Knowing exactly where to paddle in Cleveland was a gamble. After several days of pristine paddling in the Boundary Waters and Turtle-Flambeau 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.…
