First time running rapids solo! It was an adventure. Hoping to have a trip report soon.
Connoquenessing Creek, PA. 3/9/25
Connoquenessing Creek, PA. 3/9/25
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Happy National Zipper Day (pat. 1913)! 🤐
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Last night in the Pocono. 
These pics were takin from my house in the Poconos since the ice went out three weeks ago. This mature loon is just passing through and won't be around long. We've had immature non breeding loons stick around for the season in the past. The deer swam about 3/4 of a mile for apparently no reason. Strange thing is I had seen a deer swim the same exact route a year or two ago. The otters have been around for a while. The one in the water was a female with a male close behind trying to mate with her. The dead young beaver may have been killed by an eagle. It was eaten by an adult eagle and three different juveniles over two days. I believe the juveniles were offspring of the adult as she let them feed on it.
I had also seen a mink and many different birds over the past week.
As I can see, you are having a really good time there in Switzerland.
Keep up the good work
Keep up the good work
Erica, you seem to be getting Aslowhand to take pictures of more Swiss waterbodies than usual. Thanks for posting them for our viewing jealousy. What are you doing in Switzerland? Vacation? Mycophilia?
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It's easy. I told him my iphone battery died. Well, not really, but it does help to ask in person.
BTW, Glenn, if you want Aslowhand to post about Switzerland, you have to give him a category to put the thread in. (IMO) We have spent a half an hour trying to figure out where to put a trip report for a Swiss trip. There are American and Canadian trip reports. We discussed putting it under Tandem because we are two solo paddlers going tandem. We thought maybe under Events? News? Or maybe because one of the paddlers is American, we could put it under American Trip Reports? You see, we have taxing problems here to consider.
I am vacationing. Also went to Sweden to see my grandson and daughter-in-law. Not sure what I am going to do when Aslowhand's vacation is over. Continue in Switzerland but not sure where. I love it here.
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Day tripping in Minnesota looking forward to the warm days to come. This is my favorite bent shaft paddle, a highly custom Keith Backlund paddle I was fortunate to acquire from the original customer. Happy weekend everyone!
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One canoeing website in Switzerland recommended the River Ruess through Lucerne, stating this was easy and recommended for families. Google Earth, Aslowhand and now a personal observation shows this is not a river for families or canoes. The website did say care should be taken to avoid the weirs and dams.
The Yellow Pond Lillies are starting to bloom.
Interesting interaction between 3 Bald Eagles. They were very vocal.
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First paddle of the year on the Athabasca River near Jasper, Alberta.
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Oh, my! Love that river and those mountains!
Yes, water surrounded by mountains is the best scenic experience. And dry banks for landing and camping.
Beautiful idea. Nice pick. I have some canoeing morning fog on the Miramichi river, NewBrunswick. They are among my favourite pictures and memories.I usually log in to this site every morning as I have my coffee and get ready to head to work. I really enjoy when someone has posted some nice images or trip reports to read to get my day started in the right frame of mind.
I was thinking it might be cool if we posted one photo a day, something canoe related, with a little description to go with it. Keeping it to one a day means that most of us could probably post for a long time, and there would be something new to see each morning.
Anyway, here is my first offering.
This was taken in 2008, early October. It was our usual first school trip of the year, down to the Steel River. The morning was quite cold, the water was still warm, and it was a pea-souper. Fog blew off in about an hour, but it was sure beautiful for that one hour of paddling.
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