Open Boat, Moving Water - A Paddler's Journal
Tuesday, June 24, 2025

Hey - that's my old boat - June 24, 2025

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Wow - after 15-years my old whitewater canoe has finally showed up on Amazon Market Place. It was stolen from the side of the road in Woonso...
Sunday, June 22, 2025

Running Zoar Gap over the Years

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Routes through Zoar Gap over the years There have been three different versions of the "Gap" since I started paddling in 2006. Ba...

Fife Brook - Pride Day on the Deerfield - June 21, 2025

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Paul, Fran and me It was a day to show support LGBTQ+ folks, and to encourage everyone to get out and paddle. Who wouldn’t want to do that. ...
Friday, June 20, 2025

Thursday Night Tville - June 19, 2025

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Party Wave With hot weather and the Juneteenth holiday, it seemed like a great day to do a Thursday Night Tville run on the Farmington River...
Saturday, June 7, 2025

Crystal - June 7, 2025

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Punch Brook My original plan was to do the RICKA Flatwater trip on the Upper Wood River , but it got cancelled due to rain. My second opti...
Sunday, June 1, 2025

Quinebaug - Danielson to Canterbury

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Heading downstream Paul has put this trip on the RICKA flatwater calendar for the past couple of years, but it always got cancelled due to ...
Friday, May 23, 2025

Baskehegan Stream - May 17-21, 2025

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The crew - loaded up and ready to go The forecast called for rain on Saturday, and Sunday, and Monday and Tuesday, but it didn’t matter. Thi...
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Erik Eckilson
Woonsocket, Rhode Island
I took my first real canoe trip with my father in 1990 – now I’m hooked. I live in Woonsocket, RI and paddle regularly with the Rhode Island Canoe/Kayak Association and the Blackstone Valley Paddle Club. I am also interested in winter hiking and camping.
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