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Run, Bike, Kayak Race

Quetico Cafe Canoeing Blog Community | 20 hours ago by Fishing Canada!

Looking for a triathlon? Then check out the 2010 Winter Challenge Off- Road Triathlon on Saturday, February 20, in Springfield, South Carolina. First you will run 7 miles. Then paddle for 6 miles on a 70 acre still water lake. The course will be circread more

Wind and Waves

Paddletramp Photography | 3 days ago by Debbie Hartmann

A wild and windy ride!  This was up in the Quetico Wilderness, I was lucky enough to be sitting in the middle acting like the Queen with the Camera, while two handsome men paddled through some pretty wicked wind.read more

2010 Kayaking Race and Fun Paddle in Florida

Quetico Cafe Canoeing Blog Community | 3 days ago by Fishing Canada!

A kayaking event for every kayaker. Here is a kayaking event that has something for every kayaker in my family. We have kayakers who love to race to the finish line and kayakers who love to just paddle and enjoy the scenery. We are always looking forread more

2010 Kayaking Race and Fun Paddle in Florida

BornToPaddle.com | 3 days ago by Joyce Dierschke

A kayaking event for every kayaker. Here is a kayaking event that has something for every kayaker in my family. We have kayakers who love to race to the finish line and kayakers who love to just paddle and enjoy the scenery. We are always looking forread more

Canoe & Kayak Racing in Alabama

BornToPaddle.com | 7 days ago by Joyce Dierschke

The 2010 Alabama Cup Race Series starts this Saturday! The Alabama Canoe and Kayak Racing Series are made up three races: The Locust Fork Canoe & Kayak Invitational, The Locust Fork Whitewater Classic Races, and the Mulberry Fork Canoe & Kayread more

Canoe & Kayak Racing in Alabama

Quetico Cafe Canoeing Blog Community | 7 days ago by Fishing Canada!

The 2010 Alabama Cup Race Series starts this Saturday! The Alabama Canoe and Kayak Racing Series are made up three races: The Locust Fork Canoe & Kayak Invitational, The Locust Fork Whitewater Classic Races, and the Mulberry Fork Canoe & Kayread more

How To Kayak & Canoe With Your Dog, Steps For Taking Your Dog…

BornToPaddle.com | 10 days ago by Joyce Dierschke

A note before I continue - I'm not a dog trainer, I just love my dog and being around my dog. These are the things I did and I think that anyone considering taking their dog kayaking or canoeing should at least do these things, plus anything else youread more

How To Kayak & Canoe With Your Dog, Steps For Taking Your Dog…

Quetico Cafe Canoeing Blog Community | 10 days ago by Fishing Canada!

A note before I continue – I’m not a dog trainer, I just love my dog and being around my dog. These are the things I did and I think that anyone considering taking their dog kayaking or canoeing should at least do these things, plus anythread more

Kayak & Canoe Trip Planning: Ohio River Way Paddlefest Regist…

BornToPaddle.com | 22 days ago by Joyce Dierschke

Registration for the Ohio River Way Paddlefest 2010 is now open! Event organizers suggest you save money and take advantage of the special "Early Bird" rates.read more

Kayak & Canoe Trip Planning: Ohio River Way Paddlefest Regist…

Quetico Cafe Canoeing Blog Community | 22 days ago by Fishing Canada!

Registration for the Ohio River Way Paddlefest 2010 is now open! Event organizers suggest you save money and take advantage of the special “Early Bird” rates. read more

Hudson River Valley Greenway Water Trail Interactive Map Unveiled

New York Outdoors | 25 days ago by Sue Freeman

The Hudson River Valley Greenway announced the availability of an interactive Water Trail map on the newly updated and re-designed Hudson River Greenway Water Trail website. The redesigned website features a map of the water trail using Google Map, aread more

Plan A Summer Kayaking or Canoeing Trip to Boundary Waters Canoe…

Quetico Cafe Canoeing Blog Community | 27 days ago by Fishing Canada!

Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCAW) is over 1,000,000 (yep, a million) acres of pristine nature in northern Minnesota. The BWCAW offers more than 1,500 miles of paddling routes and more than 2,000 camp sites.read more

Plan A Summer Kayaking or Canoeing Trip to Boundary Waters Canoe…

BornToPaddle.com | 27 days ago by Joyce Dierschke

Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCAW) is over 1,000,000 (yep, a million) acres of pristine nature in northern Minnesota. The BWCAW offers more than 1,500 miles of paddling routes and more than 2,000 camp sites.read more

It’s cold outside! Do you know where your kayak is?

Quetico Cafe Canoeing Blog Community | 1/09/10 by Fishing Canada!

Hopefully your kayak is stored in a safe dry place. If you live in a warmer region you may still be paddling, although with the weather lately even the warmer regions haven’t been too warm! Have you protected your kayak from the elements? The best read more

Canoeing Or Kayaking The Paull River In Saskatchewan

Helping Us With Boats | 1/07/10 by Steve Stelzner

We had a camping holiday once on the banks of the Thamalakane River just outside Maun, in Botswana. A river in the midst of the Kalahari semi-desert, incongruous! The river was full of reeds and ran no more than 4′ deep in the middle. This was read more

Getting to Know You

Flat Rock Creek Notebook | 1/06/10

As our 27th wedding anniversary approaches, my mind wanders back to the early days of our courtship and how unlikely a pair my husband and I were.  Nowhere was that assessment more evident than on the face of my husband’s father when he helpedread more

My Top Ten New Years Resolutions for 2010

JoAnn Guida | 12/31/09 by JoAnn Guida

Happy New Year Before sitting down to write your top ten New Years Resolutions take time to think about the things in your life that you wish to improve to make your life better. Do you want: to improve your health, spend more time with family and frread more

My First Trangia Stove - Just Sitting and Making Some Noodles

Mungo Says Bah - Bushcraft, Camping, Outdoors, Nature Photog… | 12/30/09 by Mungo

Last month my friend Matt bought me a Trangia Kit. Now that's the sort of thing a nice friend does. Another sort of thing that a nice friend does is buy me a Hilleberg Nallo tent. Just saying,... Please visit the Mungo Says Bah blog at http://mungobread more

Touring the Canadian Rockies With Tauck

My Itchy Travel Feet | 12/15/09 by Boomertraveler

Bus tour. Does the term conjure up visions of a crowded vehicle with stays in a different city each night? Think again. How about mountain scenery, extended time for exploring and luxurious accommodations from an era when railroads ruled the travel wread more

Latest news on Olympic Canoeist Michele Eray

So Plett | 12/07/09 by Samuel Sampi Kamffer

Michele Eray We just received this news about Michele Eray’s incredible performance in international Surf Ski Ocean Paddling  from a SoPlett fan: Just a snippet of info on the latest news on Michele. After winning the Discovery Mens Health Winread more

Canoeing in Sweden. Getting there....

Hard Light: Steve Walton's Outddor Blog | 12/07/09 by Steve Walton

On a multi-day journey, whether it's on foot, by bicycle or boat, the days soon merge and life becomes noticeably uncomplicated.  All that matters is food, water and shelter.  Everything else is there to be absorbed, learnt from and appreciread more

Paddling Event

Quetico Cafe Canoeing Blog Community | 12/05/09 by Fishing Canada!

Don’t put your cockpit cover on your kayak yet! If you’re an experienced paddler, looking for a paddling event before Christmas, have finished all your Christmas shopping, and is available on December 12, than you might want to check out the Deceread more

Paddling Event

BornToPaddle.com | 12/05/09 by Joyce Dierschke

Don’t put your cockpit cover on your kayak yet! If you’re an experienced paddler, looking for a paddling event before Christmas, have finished all your Christmas shopping, and is available on December 12, than you might want to check out the Deceread more

Manatee – Gentle Giants Abundant at Blue Springs State Park

Riverbanks Adventure Forum | 12/01/09 by Barbara Bowen

To our delight, manatees were abundant and full of character in the spring run today. Mothers and calves seeking refuge, lone Manatees resting on the bottom of the spring, and others seeking food anywhere they see fit. One manatee was munching the read more

Smallmouth Bass, Walleye OR Northerns!

Ontario Fly In Fishing | 11/27/09 by Kashabowie Outposts

With several lakes accessible through Bemar Lake (32 miles southeast of Kashabowie Outposts), Wisconsin's Jeff Winn says there is the option to fish for small mouth Bass, Walleye or Northern so "there's always something happening." From Bemar Lake, "read more

Portland Fire & Rescue and Boy Scouts Food Drive Provides Foo…

ThePortlander | 11/27/09

What: “Scouting for Food” - Annual Boy Scouts Food Drive Who: Boy Scouts of America (Cascade Pacific Council), Society of St. Vincent de Paul, and local agencies and businesses interested in helping Oregon’s hungry Where: Drop-offread more

Cows, Makarovs and the dangers of charming men

Accidental Academic | 11/27/09 by Azad Essa

In Namibia the sentence for stealing a cow is higher than that for raping a woman. For the first offence both rape and theft of a cow carries a 10 year sentence but for second offenders rape carries a 15 years sentence while a person who steals a cowread more

What are you going to give your favorite Kayaker or Canoer for Ch…

BornToPaddle.com | 11/26/09 by Joyce Dierschke

We have scoured the web to find the most interesting and unique kayaking and canoeing gifts for paddlers! Check out our gifts for paddler’s page. You'll find kayak and canoe t shirts, Christmas ornaments, paddling posters and art prints, license plread more

What are you going to give your favorite Kayaker or Canoer for Ch…

Quetico Cafe Canoeing Blog Community | 11/26/09 by Fishing Canada!

We have scoured the web to find the most interesting and unique kayaking and canoeing gifts for paddlers! Check out our gifts for paddler’s page. You’ll find kayak and canoe t shirts, Christmas ornaments, paddling posters and art prints, liceread more

Wrist pain in paddlers and rowers

Physiobench - Self manage your injury with expert physio gui… | 11/24/09 by Martyn Hodgson

A common repetitive injury in paddlers and rowers is wrist pain. One of the most frequent causes of this is De Quervains syndromeread more