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Seniors Not Acting Their Age: Navigating windy Quahog Bay
One of the benefits of being a member of the Penobscot Paddle and Chowder Society is that if you want to organize an impromptu outing, there is usually someone available to join you. That was true when I recently decided to organize a sea kayak trip on Quahog Bay near Cundy’s Harbor. Hot, sunny but […]
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Seniors Not Acting Their Age: In pursuit of the puffins on Petit Manan Island
For many years, I’ve organized a Penobscot Paddle & Chowder Society late June sea kayak trip to visit the puffins on Eastern Egg Rock in outer Muscongus Bay. Having navigated all of the primary routes in the past, this year I was unsure of my itinerary. Fellow Chowderhead, Norm Olsen, solved my dilemma. He proposed […]
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Seniors Not Acting Their Age: Final days on the Cascapédia River
Powerful northwest winds had been blowing us downriver since we began the trip. Five of us were on the second day of a Grand Cascapédia River expedition. Located on the Gaspe Peninsula in eastern Quebec, the mountain river flows east through the spectacular Chic Choc Mountains to Chaleur Bay in New Richmond. Some of us […]
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Seniors Not Acting Their Age: Careening down the Cascapédia River
Five of us awoke to sunny, cold weather on the second day of our Cascapédia River expedition on the Gaspe Peninsula in eastern Quebec. Powerful winds had blown out of the northwest the entire previous day and they hadn’t subsided. The gale provided a substantial benefit: A tailwind had pushed us so rapidly downriver, we […]
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Seniors Not Acting Their Age: White Mountain whitewater rocks
The White Mountains in New Hampshire have more to offer than great hiking, climbing and skiing. In the spring, melting snow drains into the steep streams and rivers flowing out of the tall peaks. For a few weeks in late April and May, they provide some of the best whitewater paddling in New England. Over […]
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Seniors Not Acting Their Age: Challenging falls on the Machias River
Four of us were on the third day of a Penobscot Paddle & Chowder Society Machias River expedition. We had just spent the night camping at Holmes Falls and were headed for Little Holmes Falls, a complex, challenging whitewater rapid. For the third consecutive day, we benefited from sunny skies and mild temperatures. While fishing […]
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Seniors Not Acting Their Age: Exciting Wigwam Rapids on the Machias River
On the second day of our Penobscot Paddle & Chowder Society Machias River trip, four Chowderheads awoke to a welcome cold morning at Little Falls Campsite, arguably the finest site on the river. The temperature was sufficiently cold to freeze the water in one of my pots. I say welcome cold as it was a […]
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Seniors Not Acting Their Age: Perfection on the Machias River
I started paddling multiday expeditions on the Machias River 45 years ago. In my opinion, it’s the finest river trip in Maine, arguably the eastern United States. About 20 years ago, I began organizing spring Penobscot Paddle & Chowder Society trips on the Machias. I schedule them for late April or early May because my […]
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Seniors Not Acting Their Age: An adventurous descent of Togus Stream
Togus Stream is one of the most unique paddling adventures in central Maine. Numerous easy rapids, two Class IV descents, three giant culverts, and several low-hanging bridges and trees are all part of the stimulating experience. I grew up playing along the tiny stream. Until I was an adult paddler, it never impressed me as […]