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• July 4, 2022

  CT River Day 9

  12.5 river miles and one tough portage to the Barnet -Monroe Bridge Access (river mile 131.5) Neither Dot nor I were too quick to get started in the morning. Dot had contracted Lyme disease before leaving home and was on a round of Doxycycline which made her more prone to sunburn. Despite slathering herself with…
• July 2, 2022

  CT River Day 8

  about 15 miles and two tough portages to just before the Waterford Bridge Boat Launch (river mile 119) After a lovely breakfast with Carl, Dot and I set off down river. We made plans to meet Carl midway down the Moore Reservoir. It was another lovely windless morning and I hoped it would stay that…
• June 30, 2022

  CT River Day 7

  19 river miles to St John’s Boat Ramp (River Mile 106) I thought the theme of today was going to be muck. As Dot and I were putting our boats into the water below the breached dam we were sinking almost up to our knees in some amazing quicksand like muck. I thought about how…
• June 29, 2022

  CT River Day 6

  18 River miles and one bear of a portage. We went from Maine Trestle Campsite to past the breached Wyoming Dam (River Mile 87) If anyone wants to follow these sites on a map you can go to https://www.connecticutriverpaddlerstrail.org/crpt7/node/4208 You can follow my trip on their interactive map. Day six started in a lovely way.…
• June 28, 2022

  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…
• June 25, 2022

  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…
• June 24, 2022

  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…
• June 23, 2022

  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…
• June 22, 2022

  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…
• June 21, 2022

  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…