Summer is Winding Down
There hasn’t been any slowing down here at Mahoosuc despite the rainy weather we experienced this summer. People have been having a great time on the water and in the woods!
There hasn’t been any slowing down here at Mahoosuc despite the rainy weather we experienced this summer. People have been having a great time on the water and in the woods!
Kevin has guided a couple trips on the East Branch of the Penobscot river through the newly formed Katahdin Woods and Water National Monument. This is one of Kevin’s favorite rivers in Maine with it’s beauty and challenges of the rapids and portages around spectacular waterfalls and drops. He also taught a weekend white water clinic on the Androscoggin River by Errol, New Hampshire in July.
Polly has guided a Women’s Canoe & Yoga weekend to Umbagog Lake with yoga instructor Christine Trefethen, a West Branch of the Penobscot River trip for the Nature Conservancy, a Women’s Canoe Trip and Native Plant study in the Grand Lake Stream area ending with a stay at Weatherby’s Sporting Camp and the Grand Lake Stream folk festival. Everyone had a good time and were always brought closer together by any challenging weather that came our way.
In August we did one of our Way of the Wabanaki trips and have one more this season September 14-17th with room for a few more people. These are very much authentic cultural trips with the Penobscot of Indian Island and the surrounding area.
Click here to view a video made by a 14 year old participant of our Allagash River trip in late June of this year, good job Theo! This was a fun group of family and friends who enjoyed singing and did some dancing on the river too!
Polly took her annual horseback riding holiday to the Bob Marshall wilderness area in Montana in July and as always fell in love with her horse, this time a large part Percheron part Pinto named Cisco. The outfitter, 7 Lazy P, did a great job tending to all of the clients and had a nice string of horses and pack mules.
We have had a couple nice mentions lately to help spread the word about Mahoosuc Guide Service from publication Roaming the Americas recommending our Way of the Wabanaki trips as one of the top 11 things to do in Maine and Katy Kelliher’s new book.
We are hosting another Wilderness First Aid course October 20-21st and an Open Recertification course October 20-22nd with Jon Tierney from Wilderness Medical Associates. Contact us to register.
Hope you are enjoying the end of summer and beginning of fall!
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 […]
Polly, I just wanted to write you a note to thank you again for a wonderful and memorable experience on the Allagash. It was so much fun! I was impressed with your knowledge of the river, technical skills and ability to manage everything, including transportation, canoes, campsites, food and helping all of us have a good time. I was sorry that we didn’t give you the floor more of the time because your stories were so cool and I could tell you were just scratching the surface. Your guiding was great and there’s nothing I can think of for how you could have done it any better.