Fall is here and winter is on it’s way!
We want to share some photos of our sled dogs on trips this spring, summer and fall. It is always such a joy to have them on our canoe trips and to get “one on one” time with them away from the pack.
We want to share some photos of our sled dogs on trips this spring, summer and fall. It is always such a joy to have them on our canoe trips and to get “one on one” time with them away from the pack.
We had the busiest summer yet with canoe trips and people are already signing up for trips next season. To view the summer 2022 calendar
click here.
The dogs are getting ready to pull in harness as the days are finally cooling off enough to start running them. This winter proves to be very busy with many bookings already. Click here to see the 2021/22 dog sledding schedule. Here is a nice video put together by some clients a couple of years ago of their time with us. We really enjoyed having them out with us!
We welcome Auden as one of our winter apprentices. He is already learning a lot and he has already won over the affection of our shy dogs!
We are working on setting up our winter camps by freighter canoe getting ready before freeze up. It is very quiet and beautiful on the lake right now as we are the only people on it except a few ducks and loons.
Kevin has been teaching some paddle making workshops in his wood shop in October. Polly just returned from a nice canoe trip on the Green River in Utah!
Hope to see some of you on the trail this winter!
Polly, Kevin & all the doggies
Guided Allagash river trips are one of the most pleasant and relaxing canoe trips in Maine. You can see Moose, Eagles, and all the wildlife.
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 […]
For many avid canoeists, the Allagash River Canoe Trip is on their bucket list, and for good reason. Protected by the citizens of Maine through a referendum in 1966, the mandate was to preserve its “forever wild” state. It truly is some of the wildest areas left in the east. In this article, we’ll help […]
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.