Nature is calling us! Mahoosuc Guide Service -April 2020
Spring is slowly coming here to the Bear River Valley, temperatures are slowly rising, birds and peepers are slowly arriving.
Spring is slowly coming here to the Bear River Valley, temperatures are slowly rising, birds and peepers are slowly arriving.
Everything is slowing down during this pandemic which is a welcome change from the fast paced life many of us have created for ourselves.
In April we were happy to welcome the Kroka winter semester course students to arrive here at Mahoosuc from the Uapishka mountains of northern Quebec where they had been on an extended cross country ski expedition. They came back to a changed world and found refuge here at Mahoosuc for 18 days. Kevin helped the 12 students make their own wooden ash paddles for the next leg of their expedition. The dogs really enjoyed the extra attention! We really appreciated help cutting, splitting and stacking 10 cords of tree length firewood for our farm among other Mahoosuc spring projects!
We are hoping to be able to guide our canoe trips this summer and fall depending on how the pandemic goes. Click here for our canoeing schedule.
For a “virtual tour” of one of our Way of the Wabanki canoe trips click here. These four day trips are offered twice a year, August and September. We feel there is much to be learned from our Penobscot friends.
Wigwam at Sugar Island
Every day we are grateful for our lives and the time we get to spend in the outdoors. Nature has a way of bringing us in to balance “at any time” but seems especially important right now. We hope you are all getting to have some time outside too!
Stay healthy and safe,
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 […]
My time with you these past weeks has meant a lot to me. I am so grateful for all the bush wisdom and world wisdom you both embody and I feel blessed to have received some part of what you have to offer. I feel myself at a critical life junction and I felt the quality of returning to my roots with you. I don’t know what direction my life will take, but I know I will always cherish what I have learned from you and cherish who you are and what you represent.