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Fifty Sense: Common Sense Ideas for Thriving after 50
Fifty Sense: Common Sense Ideas for Thriving after 50

Canoeing and Kayaking:
Stories



Here we have stories sent in by over-fifty canoers and kayakers.

Kayaking the Okefenokee
National Wildlife Refuge

Kayaking the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge The Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge (ONWR) is a habitat that is put aside and maintained by the government as a safe place for our wildlife to live, migrate to, reproduce and hang out in safety...

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Canoeing Ol' Man River

Go to the Ol' Man River story I began my Mississippi River journey on 17 July 1990 and completed it three and a half months later at the Head of the Passes to the Gulf of Mexico....

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Jordan River in Winter

Winter on the Jordan river

If river rafting brings to mind shooting through whitewater rapids in a canyon with a name like; Devils Elbow, with dry suits and hard paddling just to stay in the boat ....

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Kayaking in Michigan

In the spring 2005, my son and I had a conversation about kayaks. I was amused because as a kid he had no interest in water activities of any kind ....

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Sea Kayaking

Sea Kayak in Sweden

Paddling among the archipelago along the western coast of Sweden is an amazing adventure for paddlers of all skills. Just north of the metropolitan area of Gothenburg, fjords cut into the Swedish mainland...

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