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CT River Day 26 Part 1
11.1 Miles to Lynde Point Light plus about .5 to the outer breakwater light and 2+ more miles to my final take out in North Cove I had made peace with the fact that I would be finishing this trip on my own. Part of me wished I had a welcoming crew, but over these…
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CT River Day 25
11.3 Miles to Selden Neck State Park Cedars Camp Area I was within a days paddle to Long Island Sound and the end of my trip. It was about 22 miles away. But I was in no hurry to finish. I did not want to reach my goal tired, at the end of a long…
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CT River Day 24
22.1 miles to Hurd State Park It poured all night long. It was the kind of rain that gets into everything. My tent was doing a good job keeping most of the water out, but some dampness was seeping through. A few corners of my tent had let water in along the seams and some…
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CT River Day 23
17.7 miles to Wethersfield Cove Boat Launch The camp spot on King Island is lovely. It is maintained by the Appalachian Mountain Club with funding from REI. It has two large tent platforms, plenty of flat places for a tent like mine and another great moldering privy. But what I really found spectacular were the…
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CT River Day 22: Part 2
The Enfield Rapids to King Island 5.1 miles from the Connecticut state line to King IslandTotal for day was 16.3 miles I felt alert but fairly calm as I passed under the bridge which was the starting point for the portage around the old Enfield dam. I was river left and committed to running it.…
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CT River Day 22: PART I
11.2 miles From Holyoke Rows to the Connecticut state lineTotal for day was 16.3 miles to King Island in Connecticut I spent as much of the night awake as I did sleeping. There was a skunk who kept scratching at my tent door. I did not want it to eat a hole in my tent,…
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CT River Day 21
15.7 miles to the Holyoke Rows community rowing facility https://www.holyokerows.org/Those miles include the truck portage around the Holyoke Dam I started the morning with a great conversation with Tarin about rocks. She teaches geology at a local college and I loved learning more about the local geology. Over a wonderful breakfast Tad told me about…
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CT River Day 20
20.2 miles to Sportsman’s Marina just past the Calvin Coolidge Bridge I spent a bit of a restless night. There was a train yard not too far upriver and a number of times throughout the night I was awaken by some tremendous banging of train cars. On top of that it was a hot and…
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CT River Day 19
2.2 miles (plus forty three by bike) from Poplar Street Access to Hatchery Brook Campsite It was about three PM when I launched from the southern end of the Turners Falls Dam portage. I was now paddling through the traditional homeland of the Pocumtuck peoples. Like other native peoples, the Pocumtuck never received compensation for…
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Resupply Off the River
Even though I wasn’t paddling these were “river days” in that they were part of the trip. There are a lot of behind the scenes logistics to a trip like this and these were a part of that. I had two days before heading out again. One of those was occupied with appointments I had…
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