The Adirondacks: so near, and yet—when you’re out there—so far from anywhere else. Loons on call; Hornbeck boats on parade; frogs on lily pads. Time slightly on hold. Click “Continue reading” for the gallery link. […]
Category Archives: canoeing
Adirondack Waters (and Black Flies)
A few days last week on Middle Saranac Lake in New York State’s Adirondack Mountains. And the spring black flies weren’t too bad! Click on the headline or photo for more photos; even more on […]
Purple at Night
I was relaxing next to a little lake near Cooperstown, NY, at dusk when these colors happened and this guy paddled by. It’s a lake that is relatively high in elevation and you feel as […]
Wind River, Yukon Territory
The Wind River is a crystal-clear, aquamarine stream that flows fast and cold out of the Wernecke Mountains into the Peel River in Canada’s Yukon Territory. Some friends and I paddled more than 100 miles of it […]
Keystone State
Always lots to see in Pennsylvania. Top, Susquehanna River, Dauphin, sunset. Below, deal, Perry County.
Northern River, Maine’s St. John
The St. John River is just about as far north as you can go in Maine, paralleling the Quebec border where the river begins in the ponds, streams and bogs of the North Woods. It […]
Wildwater on the Deerfield
On a beautiful late summer afternoon, the United States of America Canoe and Kayak 2012 Wildwater Team Trials began today on the Deerfield River in northern Massachusetts. Fastest kayaks down the 2-mile course in men’s and […]
