Maine Paddling Connection Blog
In the summer I work for a local company called Native Notions doing landscape construction. It’s tough work, but one of the perks is that we’re all paddlers and at the end of each season we take a paddling trip. This year we spent four days exploring Allagash Lake, which isn’t all that big. Because we wouldn’t be paddling miles and miles each day, we got plenty of time to unwind and relax in what is probably the quietest place I’ve ever been in my life.
Read More50 mile scout trip - complete!
On Tuesday May 14th, Peter Sawtell and myself parked our truck at Northwood Meadows State Park in Northwood, New Hampshire, unloaded gear and headed out with the intent of following the Lamprey River all the way to saltwater.
Read MoreThe Allagash Wilderness Waterway is a 92-mile stretch of lakes, ponds and rivers flowing North through the Maine woods. It was established back in 1970 as one of the countries first Wild & Scenic Rivers and remains as Maine's only federally designated Wild & Scenic river today.
Read MoreOn a recent canoe camping trip to a class I & II section of the St. Croix river in New Brunswick we brought along a Red Paddleboards 9'2" Surfstar for some added fun. This was my first time traveling on water with an additional board, although it's the main reason I got this board in the first place.
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