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CT River Day 5
22 River miles from Colebrook, NH (at river mile 47) to the Maine Central Railroad Trestle Campsite (at river mile 69) Dot and I drove up to Colebrook NH, where we had taken out with Joanie a week before. We found a spot off the side of the road, right by the river where we…
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In Answer to Your Questions #2
This is my attempt to answer the questions I was asked about my route and what I anticipate as challenges. To be honest I am still figuring a lot of this out. I am going strictly north to south. I started at the Canadian border in New Hampshire and hope to end 410 miles later…
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Equipment:Part II
After deciding on the boat, the rest of the equipment seems easier, though still not as straightforward to me as packing for a hike. I didn’t want to take my down sleeping bag onto the river so I tried to decide between a fairly heavy fiberfill bag or a lightweight pile blanket. In the end…
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Making Friends
In one day I leave for a week long stint of my trip. I have finally settled on the boat. Since I have never really paddled it I decided I better make friends with it. My friend Carl came over and helped me load it onto the car. We went to nearby Kent Pond for…
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Equipment: Part I The Boat
A number of people have written to me asking what equipment I am using on this trip. I have been slow to respond because to be perfectly honest until yesterday I was still not sure! It has changed day by day, mile by mile. I started out thinking I wanted to be in a lightweight…
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In Answer To Your Questions # 1
I have been asked a few questions that I want to respond to in these next few blogs. The first is who is paddling with me and how did we meet. The second, which I will answer later, is what obstacles do I foresee on my journey. When I first conceived of this trip I…
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CT Source to Sea: Day 4 Part 2
After our white water run we picked up the car at the put in. We had to portage around the dam, which we did by car. 😊 While we did so we discussed how much more we wanted to do that day. There were take outs listed on the map at six and nine miles…
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CT Source to Sea: Day 4, Part 1
On Sunday, June 12, 2022, I set out just before 5 AM with a river running kayak strapped to the roof of my car. An hour and a half later, along the side of the road in northern Vermont, I met up with two long time white water paddling friends. Dot, who had joined me…
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CT Source to Sea: Day 3
Dot and I awoke at our primitive camp spot to a truly stunning natural phenomenon. As the sun was rising and heating up the ground, the water from the previous days’ rain began to evaporate. By standing at a certain angle to the sun I was able to view this evaporation process. All around me…
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CT River Source to Sea: Day 2 Part 2
After a quick lunch of hard boiled eggs, apples and cheese we tied the boats onto our cars and headed off to First Connecticut Lake. Looking at the map I have, which is put out by the Connecticut River Paddler’s Trail I saw a place that looked like we could put in on the north…
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