http://outdoors.mainetoday.com/paddleme/ en-us schussme@yahoo.com 2008-07-16T09:59:51-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://outdoors.mainetoday.com/paddleme/030323.html Forty-five paddlers, including a number of serious trash collectors, made their way between Mexico and Dixfield yesterday on the Androscoggin River Source-to-the-Sea Trek. 30323@http://outdoors.mainetoday.com/paddleme/ 2008-07-16T09:59:51-05:00 http://outdoors.mainetoday.com/paddleme/030055.html Yesterday a friend and I got out on saltwater for the first time this season when we paddled the New Meadows River in the West Bath-Brunswick area. 30055@http://outdoors.mainetoday.com/paddleme/ 2008-07-10T09:48:26-05:00 http://outdoors.mainetoday.com/paddleme/029420.html The annual Androscoggin Source-to-the-Sea Trek launches in about two weeks, and it's worth checking. 29420@http://outdoors.mainetoday.com/paddleme/ 2008-06-24T11:18:51-05:00 http://outdoors.mainetoday.com/paddleme/029310.html If you like paddling to a human zoo, try the Crane Wildlife Refuge, in the Essex River Estuary, on Massachusetts' North Shore. 29310@http://outdoors.mainetoday.com/paddleme/ 2008-06-22T09:32:48-05:00 http://outdoors.mainetoday.com/paddleme/028919.html It's become an annual event for me: leading a trip for the Maine Outdoor Adventure Club on the most popular section of the Saco River. By going in mid-June, we avoid the beer-sodden mobs who mar the experience on mid-summer weekends. 28919@http://outdoors.mainetoday.com/paddleme/ 2008-06-15T11:25:03-05:00 http://outdoors.mainetoday.com/paddleme/028706.html There was a distinctly autumnal quality to last weekend's Maine Canoe Symposium, and that observation triggers a few additional thoughts. 28706@http://outdoors.mainetoday.com/paddleme/ 2008-06-11T15:14:12-05:00 http://outdoors.mainetoday.com/paddleme/028436.html Paddling pal Cherie Perkins and I joined another 130 enthusiasts for lessons and demos at the Maine Canoe Symposium, held this past weekend at Camp Winona in Bridgton. 28436@http://outdoors.mainetoday.com/paddleme/ 2008-06-09T00:09:36-05:00 http://outdoors.mainetoday.com/paddleme/028168.html The Maine Canoe Symposium has been going on every year since 1986, but I'll confess that I haven't yet attended even once. But I'll fix that egregious oversight this Saturday when I attend the middle (and biggest) day of the weekend event. 28168@http://outdoors.mainetoday.com/paddleme/ 2008-06-03T22:19:25-05:00 http://outdoors.mainetoday.com/paddleme/027998.html A paddling friend and I walked through the new Cabela's a couple of days ago to check out their canoes... 27998@http://outdoors.mainetoday.com/paddleme/ 2008-05-31T18:27:20-05:00 http://outdoors.mainetoday.com/paddleme/015592.html Ten members of the Maine Outdoor Adventure Club paddled 10 miles on Cobbosseecontee Lake yesterday and enjoyed a lunch comprising mostly cookies. 15592@http://outdoors.mainetoday.com/paddleme/ 2007-09-09T00:22:38-05:00 http://outdoors.mainetoday.com/paddleme/015327.html You had your pick of pickin' or paddlin' or both at the Thomas Point Beach Bluegrass Festival, which wrapped up yesterday in Brunswick. 15327@http://outdoors.mainetoday.com/paddleme/ 2007-09-03T00:11:37-05:00 http://outdoors.mainetoday.com/paddleme/014809.html There was a distinct feeling of fall in the air yesterday when I led eight canoeists and kayakers from the Maine Outdoor Adventure Club to a pair of islands in Merrymeeting Bay. 14809@http://outdoors.mainetoday.com/paddleme/ 2007-08-20T00:09:51-05:00 http://outdoors.mainetoday.com/paddleme/014696.html Needing a quick paddling escape to capitalize on an unexpected free afternoon, I motored the 12 miles to Scarborough Marsh yesterday and spent a pleasant three-plus hours riding the tide up and down. 14696@http://outdoors.mainetoday.com/paddleme/ 2007-08-16T00:37:38-05:00 http://outdoors.mainetoday.com/paddleme/014665.html There's been a lot of talk about the trash problem on the Saco River recently, and yesterday I had a talk with somebody who's doing something about it: Fred Westerberg, canoe livery owner and supervisor of the Saco River Recreation Council. 14665@http://outdoors.mainetoday.com/paddleme/ 2007-08-15T08:49:43-05:00 http://outdoors.mainetoday.com/paddleme/014566.html Four friends and I paddled about 20 miles of the Androscoggin River yesterday, enjoying what many people consider to be its most scenic and appealing stretch. 14566@http://outdoors.mainetoday.com/paddleme/ 2007-08-13T00:56:40-05:00