Becoming a Paddling Family — It’s Never Too Soon
8 May
Canoeing.com has just published a new feature on the efforts some northern Minnesota outfitters are making to help more families become paddling families.
You can find the feature HERE, in our Beginner’s Guide.
Outfitters from along the Gunflint Trail — an important Boundary Waters Canoe Area gateway — are pushing the idea that kids are never too young for canoe-tripping.
The feature quotes Hungry Jack Lodge owner Dave Seaton saying, ““If I had a dollar for every time someone said ‘I’m waiting till the kids get older….’ If you’re waiting until your kids are twelve or thirteen and they can carry their load, they will not be interested.”
Seaton and other outfitters have even published a book for their campaign: Becoming a Boundary Waters Family: Woods Wisdom Shared by the Outfitters of the Gunflint Trail, which we reviewed, HERE, recently.
