2012 Year End Review

No paddling for me today due to a bad cold, but 2012 was still a great year for paddling. I try to do at least one big trip each month, and here are some of the more significant ones: 

• January - Willimantic, Assabet - Maynard
• February - Poling up the Branch River
• March - Branch River Ice Breaker, Otter Brook
• April - Upper Millers
• May - Upper Wood River, Assabet – Acton to Concord
• June - Pawcatuck – Potter Hill to Westerly, Deerfield – Fife Brook
• July - Fife Brook again
• August - Lincoln Woods with Michelle
• September - RICKA Flatwater/Whtiewater Trip
• October - Halloween on the Piscataquoug
• November - Farmington Poling
• December - Assabet River – Stow to Maynard, Knightville section of the Westfield

I did have one scare this year when I wrapped my canoe around a rock while poling below the Manville Dam.  Fortunately some good friends helped me to get it out.

I didn’t do badly on my 2012 resolutions.  I did work on my roll at the RICKA Rolling Clinic, but I still have a lot of work to do. I also did a couple of canoe camping trips including an overnight on the Pawcatuck and a week-long trip in the Adirondack's.

For 2013, I definitely want to do some more camping.

Happy New Year everyone.