As always it is busy here at Mahoosuc as we transition from dog sledding trips to preparing for canoeing trips this spring, summer and fall. We do have room left on a few trips, click here to see our canoe trip schedule.
We had to say good bye to Travis on Easter Sunday, April 17th. He was one of Polly’s dogs and usually ran in the wheel position, right in front of the sled. At his peak he was 100 pounds and Polly used to call him “her giraffe” as he was so tall and long legged. He loved people and was a very hard worker. Travis was 12 years old and had one winter of retirement here in our house in the doggy retirement community. He will be missed.
It looks like we will have a very busy summer with canoe trips. Here are a couple videos to “wet your whistle” for a Mahoosuc canoe adventure/experience:
Canoe/cultural experience with the Penobscots, our Way of the Wabanaki trip, August and September.
Your guides, Polly & Kevin, on the Thoreau/Wabanaki canoe trip. Kevin was the guide as they retraced Henry David Thoreau and Penobscot guide, Joe Polis’ route when he wrote the book the Maine Woods.
On April 9th Polly received the Legendary Maine Guide Award voted on by the Inland Fisheries and Wildlife of Maine department at the Professional Maine Guides award ceremony and annual banquet in Brewer, Maine. This is quite an honor and only received by one Registered Maine Guide per year. It was also a surprise, gulp!
April 30-May 1 – Wilderness First Aid course taught by Jon Tierney
April 30-May 2 – Open Recertification Wilderness First Aid course
May 1 – Canoe Poling workshop with Kevin
May 3 – Canoe Day trip to Umbagog Lake area with Polly
Contact us if you are interested in these courses/workshops/trips.
Hope to see some of you in this coming season!
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.
