Sunday, September 2nd, 2007. Darrin’s elation continued into Sunday, when he paddled the marvelous Androscoggin River. The Androscoggin is characterized by big, deep, high-volume rapids with few rocky obstacles. These rapids are a joy to paddle - it’s a lot like flying - one can ride the wave trains without much maneuvering around obstacles. This is the kind of whitewater that most paddlers crave. Not surprisingly, Darrin loved every moment of it. Darrin camped that night in an outfitters campground beside a class three rapid on the Androscoggin. He had a nice dinner i [View Full Entry]

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Saturday, September 1st, 2007. Along the Nulhegan River, New Hampshire. After Friday’s exhausting riverbed dragging, Darrin started the day with a new resolve. He left his campsite on the Nulhegan, portaged back to the East Fork of the Nulhegan, and then portaged over to the Connecticut River. The Connecticut was most likely to have a runnable water level. His decision was clearly validated when he reached the Connecticut. The river was big with a fast, strong current. Thanks to a steady tailwind, he zoomed along, accomplishing a solid 20 miles by noon. For the first time in a [View Full Entry]

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Saturday, September 1st, 2007, Continued. The gentleman was named Larry, and Darrin learned all about him and his family on the ride to Larry’s farm. Larry’s wife, a nurse, was named Janet, and his grandson was named Liam. Larry had three chocolate labs, one black lab, and two cats. Darrin didn’t catch all the pets’ names, but Shamus, Murphy, and Mariah stood out in his memory. Together with his son-in-law, Larry was restoring an 1850’s barn with timber framing. Larry had just recently read about the NFCT, so when he saw Darrin, he was inspired to stop and [View Full Entry]

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Friday, August 31st, 2007, Island Pond, Vermont. Darrin awoke to wind and a cloudy sky. He began the day by crossing Island Pond, and portaging three miles over a height of land to Nulhegan Pond. From there, he paddled into the Nulhegan River, where he would start an eagerly anticipated stint of downriver paddling. It was immediately apparent that “River” was an overstatement. That particular stretch of the Nulhegan turned out to be little more than a canoe-width wide. The River also passed through long stretches of alder thickets, which gave Darrin the chance to meet hundr [View Full Entry]

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Day 3....Back up.... Day one- Burlington Vermont :) We got to the Magic Hat Brewery just in time do some taste testing. Once they kicked us out (yeah, we closed down the place) we headed off to the lakefront to meet up with Nick and two of his friends. We ate some Mexican, had some more beer and then headed out to the swinging benches on the water. After a late night listening to some good tunes (at Red Square on Church St) we headed back to Nick's old farmhouse for the night. Day two - We did a quick tour [View Full Entry]

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Can't believe there is only one more week left of camp! The site crashed so my entries were lost but now they're back but my photo and comments are gone :( Alot has happened since I wrote last... So last day off when I wrote... 24/7/07 we went to Otter brook Dam, a little lake with a beach so it was nice and relaxing. Had another skit night with our bunks, ours was awful... Started to get on quite well with my new kids, annoying they were only 2 weekers, I felt like they settled in and then had to leave! [View Full Entry]

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Time is flying by.....!! We're already in the last session of the summer (there are 4 sessions of 2 weeks), then one week of family camp and my camp summer is already over, with a few days of traveling around the US before heading back to the Netherlands. Some personal highlights were Olympic Day in 2nd session and going to Hampton Beach, NH on International Staff Day Off. Olympic Day is, as the name would suggest, a type of competition where the different teams are represented by the different international staff members at camp. I was team captain for the Netherlands, [View Full Entry]

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After driving through Maine and all the Subarus (I swear that every fourth car is a Subaru in Acadia), I reached the White Mountains and New Hampshire. This rugged terrain is spectacular with a big river (well, not Mississippi-sized, but pretty big) and green mountains. But, it is best known for the Appalachian Trail, which cuts through this area. The Appalachian Mountain Club (AMC) runs a center (Pinkham) for those passing through as well as people who are climbing Mt Washington, known as the mountain with "the worst weather on Earth". Apparently the [View Full Entry]

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Okay, so if you look at a map, it's going to look silly that we skipped Boston. But, we're heading there after we do the final New England states so that we can see Jayme again after she went to Serbia for about 9 days. We only got to see her for a day in Connecticut before she left, and wanted to see her again, so that's the explanation. so, bypassing Boston and off to Maine! Nothing was really mapped out for us to see in Maine, so we drove through for a little bit, saw a lot of fresh seafood [View Full Entry]

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Well the last day off a week ago seems like it was just yesterday. What an ace day we had! Went shopping and it was so hard not to go OTT! Tanya gave us a tour of her town, saw her high school etc. Went back to hers and lounged in the Sun with a margarita which was nice, second one went straight to my head. Got a really good bbq'd meal by her Mum and Dad which was awesome. Tanya insisted we play beer pong which was so hard but second round I got the hang of it so was [View Full Entry]

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