July is upon us with all of it’s warmth, wetness, sunshine and abundant greenery! Our canoe trips are in full swing and the schedule is busy. People are really enjoying getting out on the water and in nature which makes our job fulfilling!
Polly just guided a canoe trip with a group of family and friends on the Allagash River. This particular group liked to sing which was special and they brought along a ukulele which was fun! One evening we had a contra dance on the bank by the river’s edge. One of the members of our group is a caller for Belfast Flying Shoes, so we were in good hands to have a fun dance on the river!
Kevin recently guided a canoe trip on the East Branch of the Penobscot River. Click here to read a blog that Kevin wrote for Friends of Katahdin Woods and Water about his experience on the East Branch for the last 50 years. Click here to view a really nice video produced for Bill Green’s Maine TV show a few years ago. It is very well done!
We still have a few spots on our Way of the Wabanaki trips, August 10-13th and September 14-17th. Click here to read a nice article written about this trip from last summer for the magazine Green and Healthy Maine.
Polly is a board member for the Forest Society of Maine and just attended our annual meeting at the New England Outdoor Center in Millinocket. It was a great gathering of people and an interesting talk given by Penobscot Bonnie Newsom about the Wabanaki history around Millinocket Lake.
Olga has now officially retired into our doggy retirement home in our house. She LOVES being in the house but also loves to visit everyone in the dog yard. She is Polly’s side kick on canoe trips!
The “Wild Girls Program” from Kroka Expeditions just visited here and helped us finish stacking our firewood which we are grateful for and gave the dogs some loving!
Hope you are all having a good 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 […]
I want to thank you so much for that fantastic trip – I loved it! When we were standing in a circle to express words for the trip, one of mine was “test” and please know that I meant that in a positive way – one of my reasons why I came was to get out of my comfort zone and to experience primitive camping in whatever weather was blown in our direction. For all the rain and dampness the first couple of nights, it was well worth it. I loved being out in the middle of nowhere and look forward to doing it again!
