I wasn’t the least bit worried about bouncing down the upper Kennebec River in a raft, myself. I’d done it before, with a bunch of friends many years back. It was a wild trip, and heaps of fun. 

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I don't usually do this sort of post, but I thought I'd share my fleeting fascination with a sport that's completely unfamiliar to me: stand up paddle surfing. 

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Yards and gardens aren’t the only places that require weeding. Local ponds, marshes and rivers also are at risk of becoming overrun by weeds, and the aquatic kind are every bit as tough to eradicate as the terrestrial types. Pulling weeds by boat has got to be more fun than picking them out of the ground, though, right?

 

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Much as I love snow, sometimes it’s good to get away someplace warm. It’s especially good when that place includes a beach, palm trees, a coral reef, good and plentiful food and drink, and the company of those most dear. 

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I've been doing a lot more bicycling and kayaking of late, since injuries have forced me to lay off running... completely but I hope temporarily. 

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Inspired by naturalist, wetlands biologist and artist David Carroll, I went for a walk this evening in the woody bog behind my house.

 

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I am the delighted owner of a second-hand white water kayak! 

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Here's another guest post, since I haven't been up to anything much too exciting of late, from my dear friend Margo, who wrote of a recent kayak outing. We all have those favorite places we visit over and again, savoring subtle differences in weather and season and relaxing in the familiarity of scene. This is one of hers.  

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A recent motorcycle outing (see last post) took me out Route 123 and through Alstead, where the scars from last year's flooding remain raw.

 

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Having been forced by injury to sit out the Nipmuck Marathon this weekend, I finally got around to paddling the upper reaches of Salmon Brook. 

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I started my work day this morning by taking my canoe out for a quick spin on Salmon Brook. 

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I didn't write earlier about the Souhegan River because I don't know it so well, but I found a site that describes it, with canoeing in mind. Here 'tis.

You can get realtime river flow information on most of the state's bigger rivers online, courtesy of the USGS.

 

 

The Nashua is an easy-going river, popular with bass fishermen as well as paddlers.

 

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The Nissitissit River runs southeast from Lake Potanipo in Brookline, and flows into the Nashua River.

 

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Looking at a map or walking around town, one might guess that the City of Nashua sprouted on the banks of the Nashua River. 

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