Paddling is my favorite activity – whether in a canoe, kayak, whitewater raft, or otherwise. Here are the memorable places that I’ve paddled, starting in my home state of Michigan, then farther out:
1. Canoed and kayaked McLaren Lake and the White River in Manistee National Forest, Michigan
2. Canoed the Grand River along Riverbend and Burchfield Ingham County Parks, Michigan
3. Canoed Platte River and Loon Lake at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, Michigan
4. Canoed the Looking Glass River north of Lansing, Michigan
5. Kayaked the Galien River and Lake Michigan in New Buffalo, Michigan Riviera, Michigan
6. Canoed the Manistee River near CCC Bridge State Forest Campground in Kalkaska County, Michigan
7. Kayaked along Miners Castle at Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, Michigan
8. Canoed the Shiawassee River from Walnut Hills Campground to Geeck Road Shiawassee County Park, Michigan
9. Whitewater rafted the Animas River, Durango, San Juan National Forest, Colorado
10. Kayaked the Bay of Fundy, Fundy National Park, New Brunswick, Canada
11. Whitewater rafted on the Big South Fork Cumberland River, Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area, Tennessee into Daniel Boone National Forest, Kentucky
12. Canoed Katahdin Lake, Baxter State Park, Maine
13. Rowed Southwest Harbor, Acadia National Park, Maine
14. Kayaked Mount Desert Narrows, Acadia National Park, Maine
15. Canoed Sylvan Lake, Custer State Park, South Dakota
16. Whitewater rafted Green River, Dinosaur National Monument, Utah
17. Kayaked from Grant to West Thumb Geyser Basin on Yellowstone Lake, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
18. Canoed Devil’s Lake, Devil’s Lake State Park, Wisconsin