Day 6, Mile 239, Miles Today 26, Miles To Date 171 Howard Island Campground to Orford, NH Today was picture perfect! Fog early but blue sky and sunshine the rest of the day. The river was flat and calm, lazy current. Paddled for 6 hours to Orford. Lee met...

Day 5, Mile 265, Miles Today 24, Miles To Date 145 Moore Dam Campsite to Howard Island Campsite Nice start this morning with good paddling. Went though 3 portages, Comfort Dam, McIndoe Falls Dam and Ryegate Dam, all 3 are hydroelectric dams. Portages were strenuous and took well over...

Day 4, Mile 289, Miles Today 26, Miles To Date 121 Lancaster, NH to Moore Rustic Campground Got off at 6 am today with a nice ride for the 1st 2 hrs. First portage was Gilman Dam, good entrance but difficult re-launch with steep and rocky area just below...

Mile 315, Miles Today 19, Miles To Date 95 Today was mostly sunny – yea! The toughest part was the portage around a breached dam in Guildhall, VT. The takeout was steep and muddy, crossed Highway 102 then down another steep bank below the dam. Took me 3 trips,...

Canaan VT to James Benton Campsite Mike 334, Miles Today 38, Miles To Date 76 Lee dropped me off at Canaan below the dam and I headed out on what looked like a mountain steam. The day started cloudy but turned into wind and rain. The river was challenging:...

Day 1, Mile 373, Miles Today 37, Miles To Date 37 Canada border to Canaan, VT Great 1st day, sun shining, temp 65, all good! Lee, Tucker and I hiked to the 4th CT Lake, the Source of the CT river next to the Canadian border. The hike was...

Day -7, Mile: 410, Miles Today: 0, Miles To Date: 0 Actually went 24.5 miles on a Trial Run from Turners Falls, MA to Northampton, MA. It was a perfect sunny day and I enjoyed the river with almost no other boats. The views were amazing!...

Day: -9, Mile: 410, Miles Today: 0, Miles To Date: 0 Getting your kayak on top of a pickup, now that’s an adventure!...

Paddling on Littleville Lake....

As practice for a Connecticut River trip, I entered the Westfield Wild Water River Race. This video came from a GoPro camera on my helmet going through the Hill and Dale Rapids in Russell, MA....