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"Still quiet and peaceful on John Graves’ Brazos" (Texas) "Last week’s Brazos trip was a literary homage of sorts to a Texas writer all four of us admired. In 1957, the late John Graves spent three weeks canoeing the stretch of river we were on. Graves’ account of that trip, 'Goodbye to a River', is generally considered among the three or four best books ever written by a Texan..." Complete story: Chronicle "A Legendary 43-Year Family Canoe Story" (Vancouver, Canada) "After my dad finished high school, he got a job as a deckhand on a yacht, taking guests up and down the Inside Passage, a labyrinth of straits and islands extending from Washington State up the coast into Alaska. Stuck on the boat, he watched the coastline pass by and dreamed of fishing and camping along its banks. His summer experience sowed the seed of a grand idea to canoe the entire coastal waterway..." Complete story: Paddling Magazine "Kayakers Defend The Free-Flowing Balkan Rivers" (Montenegr) "A paddle can be a powerful tool. It can get me into remote canyons and out of sticky spots on the river. And it can get me heard. Banging my paddle against my boat, I’m part of a mass of people flowing through the main streets of Podgorica, Montenegro. Locals mix with kayakers from eight countries as we simultaneously celebrate the local rivers and draw awareness to the threats they face. Our bright boats draw attention and banners convey our message..." Complete story: PaddlingMag.com "Young Women Complete 50-Day Canoe Trip" (Canada) "Each summer Camp Wapomeo sends out four 50-day canoe trips, a tradition since the first 50-day expedition in 1985. The longest trip the camp offers, this rugged trek through the wilderness by portage and paddle is only available to the oldest campers who have previously completed at least a 36-day canoe trip.The young women now returning worked with staff members to plan the route, starting in the northern ghost town of Biscotasing, Ontario, and paddling approximately 1,000 kilometers to return home.." Complete story: PaddlingMag.com "Passing along lessons learned on the trail" "I ask too much of the outdoors sometimes, but it's the place I go to separate things that are just noise from the things that really important. The woods and the waters teach and these are the lessons I hope to share with the little girl who walks beside me: • Bach and Beethoven and Mozart and Mahler wrote great music, but waking up by an Adirondack lake to warblers, loons and chickadees is one of the most beautiful things you'll ever hear..." Complete story: Chronicle "Crook's watery getaway foiled by floating cops" (St. Louis) "A man who police say canoed his way through floodwater to burglarize a home in St. Charles County Thursday was arrested on the Mississippi River Thursday by amphibious officers in their own watercraf..." Complete story: Post-Dispatch "Truck crash spills 42,000 pounds of avocados into South Llano River" (Junction, TX) "Texas Parks and Wildlife posted on social media sites Friday afternoon that park employees had collected bags of avocados littering the river near Junction after a crash caused the tasty fruit to spill into the river..." Complete story: Chronicle "Tourist attacked by shark while kayaking" (Hawaii) "Kimberly Bishop, of Glendale, California, was paddling in the waters off Anaehoomalu Bay — when the predator set upon her..." Complete story: NY Post "Police rescue on Detroit River in kayak" (MI) "Lyons risked his life going into the icy waters in the kayak to rescue a 53-year-old woman. He described the situation as “grave” upon his arrival, noting that the woman’s vehicle was sinking with her inside. He went in search of a boat and found a small kayak at a nearby neighbor’s house..." Complete story: News Herald "Woman punches other woman for not returning kayak" (Chattanooga) "A woman is charged with aggravated assault and resisting arrest after she allegedly punched a woman for not immediately returning her kayak and tried to walk away from being arrested..." Complete story: Times Free Press
"Last week’s Brazos trip was a literary homage of sorts to a Texas writer all four of us admired. In 1957, the late John Graves spent three weeks canoeing the stretch of river we were on. Graves’ account of that trip, 'Goodbye to a River', is generally considered among the three or four best books ever written by a Texan..."
"After my dad finished high school, he got a job as a deckhand on a yacht, taking guests up and down the Inside Passage, a labyrinth of straits and islands extending from Washington State up the coast into Alaska. Stuck on the boat, he watched the coastline pass by and dreamed of fishing and camping along its banks. His summer experience sowed the seed of a grand idea to canoe the entire coastal waterway..."
"A paddle can be a powerful tool. It can get me into remote canyons and out of sticky spots on the river. And it can get me heard. Banging my paddle against my boat, I’m part of a mass of people flowing through the main streets of Podgorica, Montenegro. Locals mix with kayakers from eight countries as we simultaneously celebrate the local rivers and draw awareness to the threats they face. Our bright boats draw attention and banners convey our message..."
"Each summer Camp Wapomeo sends out four 50-day canoe trips, a tradition since the first 50-day expedition in 1985. The longest trip the camp offers, this rugged trek through the wilderness by portage and paddle is only available to the oldest campers who have previously completed at least a 36-day canoe trip.The young women now returning worked with staff members to plan the route, starting in the northern ghost town of Biscotasing, Ontario, and paddling approximately 1,000 kilometers to return home.."
"I ask too much of the outdoors sometimes, but it's the place I go to separate things that are just noise from the things that really important. The woods and the waters teach and these are the lessons I hope to share with the little girl who walks beside me: • Bach and Beethoven and Mozart and Mahler wrote great music, but waking up by an Adirondack lake to warblers, loons and chickadees is one of the most beautiful things you'll ever hear..."
"A man who police say canoed his way through floodwater to burglarize a home in St. Charles County Thursday was arrested on the Mississippi River Thursday by amphibious officers in their own watercraf..."
"Texas Parks and Wildlife posted on social media sites Friday afternoon that park employees had collected bags of avocados littering the river near Junction after a crash caused the tasty fruit to spill into the river..."
"Kimberly Bishop, of Glendale, California, was paddling in the waters off Anaehoomalu Bay — when the predator set upon her..."
"Lyons risked his life going into the icy waters in the kayak to rescue a 53-year-old woman. He described the situation as “grave” upon his arrival, noting that the woman’s vehicle was sinking with her inside. He went in search of a boat and found a small kayak at a nearby neighbor’s house..."
"A woman is charged with aggravated assault and resisting arrest after she allegedly punched a woman for not immediately returning her kayak and tried to walk away from being arrested..."