May at Mahoosuc Guide Service!
The latest happenings at Mahoosuc as we move into summer!
The latest happenings at Mahoosuc as we move into summer!
Winter moved into spring and now we are quickly moving into summer! We have already had four canoe trips in May and this summer promises to be as busy as last! Click here to see our full summer canoeing schedule.
This is an older video of Polly being interviewed by a student for SALT magazine. I enjoy viewing it but it does make me miss my old lead dog, Jarvis.
Kevin has just guided a St John (Wolastoq) and Allagash canoe trips plus a couple day long workshops for canoe poling and white water refresher during this month of May.
Polly guided a day canoe trip to Umbagog Lake but has mostly been working on the dog farm doing some much needed upkeep. We are also working on a new website so stay tuned for the “new Mahoosuc” look! We have been told if we had more google reviews this would help our search engine optimization. So if you have done a trip with us and would like to write a review we would really appreciate it. Here is the link to your personal review and we thank you!
In the last month we have been busy with some other activities here on the farm; hosting a Wilderness First Aid course (next one in October), taught some of the new Kroka staff for a few days about campfire cooking, how to conduct a safe trip in the wilderness, among other topics, continued to help Jarrod build his new wood canvas canoe with Kevin in his workshop. It is looking very nice!
Article from Maine Inland Fisheries & Wildlife about Polly’s legendary Maine Guide award.
We are sorry to see our apprentice since October, Auden, leave for his next adventure and to follow his interests in wildlife. We are looking for someone to work with us this summer who would like to learn on our canoe trips and also help care for the sled dogs.
Allagash River – August 2-7, September 27-October
West Branch of the Penobscot River – July 27-31, August 13-17
Way of the Wabanaki – August 25-28, September 15-18
Here is a video to “wet your whistle” for a canoe trip with Mahoosuc!
Hope to see some of you this summer!
Polly, Kevin & all the doggies
I have been guiding on the Allagash river since 1974 and over the years I’ve seen a distinct pattern in terms of usage. Canoeists must use designated campsites on the waterway and there is no reservation system. In peak periods if paddlers don’t secure a campsite by mid-day or shortly thereafter, they may end up […]
We were able to do our canoe trips later this year as the weather has been unusually warm and beautiful! Here in the Bear River Valley our fall colors are past peak and the leaves are starting to fall. Temperatures remain very comfortable to do outside projects. There is a chill in the air at […]
Siobhan went to doggy heaven today. She was one of Kevin’s dogs and always up for anything. She loved people and children and whenever anyone came to visit the kennel she always thought they came to see her! She ran in any position in the team and was versatile sometimes going with Polly’s teams if […]
Since I was a teenager it was always on my bucket list to paddle the Allagash. In 2018 I retired from a burdensome career and signed up to paddle the river with Mahoosuc guide service (mgs). It was better than wonderful. All I had to do was show up. They provided all the gear and it was good stuff. The river was beautiful, the sights, smells, scenery, distant mountain views were gorgeous. Polly and associate guides were wonderful and fun to be with. They were attentive, careful, observant and caring and brought campfire cooking to an epicurean level. In March 2019 I went on a dog sled winter camping trip with Kevin and Polly and several other guides. It also was great. Safety was paramount. The dogs were eager, energetic, focused and affectionate. The camp was something out of a Jack London novel. Each tent had a small wood stove and was roasty toasty warm. Food was great and plentiful. Kevin and Polly are so much fun to be with. They always made sure I was warm, well fed and happy;
Then in May 2019 I went on a two night canoe trip with my wife and another couple and they are not campers. We had a great time. The four of us, two lady guides (Polly and Jean) and we saw loons and moose and beaver and sunsets.
And then in August I went with MGS to paddle 170 miles on the Yukon river in Alaska. I am getting older, if I don’t do this stuff now, when will I?? It was better than wonderful. I reminisce about all these trips every day. Time is short, life is short, I need to pack it in. Once this pandemic is over, Polly and Kevin will not be able to get rid of me. Polly and Kevin are the models of Maine Master Guides against whom all others should be compared.