I Love Paddling

  Ok, so we know that the Okee Dokee Brothers are much-acclaimed musicians for kids, but this song is too good to be typecast. Have a listen! It’ll make your day, and then pass it along to a young paddler-to-be! CLICK HERE to play the songs >   A month-long canoe trip down the Mississippi […]

If you live in a Northern clime, and the pending arrival of a thing called snow has relegated your canoe, kayak or stand up paddle board to the garage you might want to check out a little thing called snow kayaking. While snow kayakers use kayaks and paddles, it makes some whitewater kayaking look tame […]

The publisher of Bound for the Barrens has been honored for introducing girls to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness during the 1960s. At the time she had the opportunity to take boys into the BWCA, and she asked the Outward Bound board if she could take a group of girls canoeing. According to a […]

With the descent of winter just around the corner, it might seem a little early (or late, depending on how you look at) to talk about canoeing in the St. Croix River Basin in Wisconsin. But the 2013 Paddle Namekagon is looking for participants for a canoeing and kayaking adventure next summer. The week-long adventure, […]

We love paddling, and we also love good food. So a Back to Bakas post on a weekend paddling trip down California’s Russian River definitely caught our eye. A grilled tri-tip sandwich with a glass of Pinot Noir? Spiral cut hot dogs and and a specialty brew from the Russian River Brewing Company? All while […]

Elise Stolte, writer for the Edmonton Journal, is blogging about the North Saskatchewan River these days, taking a closer look at some of the ways the river is being used. A recent post caught our eye when she featured a paddler who likes to slip onto the water at night. Plus, he gets there by bike! […]

Ever been on a “Gangster Canoe Ride”? We haven’t either, but thanks to a creative new program by Minneapolis based Wilderness Inquiry, we all can. A pioneer press article this week featured an August canoe tour by Wilderness Inquiry on the Mississippi River. Ten city-dwellers rode in 24-foot canoes to learn about the history of […]

Whether or not we’ll all be lucky enough to paddle the Far North, we like knowing it exists as a canoeing destination. It’s kind of like Everest or Denali to mountain climbers. That’s why we’re keen on learning about environmental changes and what they mean for the delicate tundra landscape. Permafrost–a layer of permanently frozen […]