Written on July 7, 2011
A 90-mile Kayaking Adventure on the Maine Island Trail At least the first day was nice! Wow, that was epic… in the truest sense of the word. It was everything an adventure could be and should be. In some ways it was the greatest trip of my life, in other ways it was absolutely miserable...
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Written on May 14, 2011
Days: 23-25Miles:4,861Location: Voyageurs National Park, Minnesota The last great adventure of this trip! Every Boy Scout who enjoys paddling dreams of paddling the Boundary Waters of Minnesota. This is perhaps the capital of freshwater kayaking and canoeing in the United States. Its also a fishing destination. I simply could not pass up such ...
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Written on March 16, 2011
“The wildest part of Acadia National Park” Isle au Haut, Maine Part III of Exploring Acadia If you’ve been keeping up with the last couple of posts, this is the wildest portion of Acadia National Park. Mt Desert Island is rugged, but a veritable jungle of tourists at times. The mainland portion of Acadia NP, the Schoodic...
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Written on February 7, 2011
“We have an unknown distance yet to run, an unknown river to explore. What falls there are, we know not; what rocks beset the channel, we know not; what walls ride over the river, we know not. Ah, well! we may conjecture many things.” – John Wesley Powell, from “The Exploration of the Colorado River...
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