Category Archives: Canoeing

Ghost Fleet of Mallows Bay

Hauntingly beautiful describes the mysterious canoe trip we experienced as we paddled among the skeletons of historic shipwrecks.  Just a short distance from Washington D.C., sunken in the Potomac River are the remains of more than one hundred wooden and … Continue reading

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Amazon Adventure

Recent travels took us to the remote Rainforest of the Amazon in Equator. Just getting there was an adventure.  First, a short flight from Quito to Coca, then a bus to the Napo River.  A two hour ride in a motorized canoe down … Continue reading

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Canoeing the Peace River

We escaped one of the coldest and snowiest Pennsylvania winters on record and enjoyed some warm sunshine in Florida this February. After joining the Road Scholar group on a bike trek through the Everglades, we spent our last morning in … Continue reading

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Wooden canoes in the Adirondacks

What a beautiful way to escape the mid-July heatwave – a week in the beautiful Adirondack Mountains with our canoe friends.  The annual gathering of wooden canoe enthusiasts took place at Paul Smiths College, a beautiful wooded campus that overlooks … Continue reading

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Wooden Canoe Assembly

There is no display of  canoes that can rival the abundance of elegant, historic and finely crafted wooden canoes as there is at the annual Assembly of the Wooden Canoe Heritage Association. Every summer, about 300 canoe enthusiasts and family members gather … Continue reading

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Pine Barrens

Home of the Jersey Devil, cranberry bogs, and some of the best canoeing rivers, the Pine Barrens in South Jersey is one of the most sparsely populated areas and the largest body of open space between Richmond and Boston.  This heavily forested … Continue reading

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