Trashpaddler

  Just when it looked like Old Man Winter would show no mercy, yesterday he winked and allowed a sweet taste of spring with temperatures at ...

  The above pictured stretch of the Assabet River in Stow, MA is fairly representative of the way most of  my favorite paddling haunts are l...

  As the ice on rivers and streams gets thicker with each passing day any hopes for getting out on the water anytime soon is fading.  Fort P...

 Fairly mild weather allowed one unexpected last paddle on the final Sunday of 2024... ...where fog enveloped me for most of my time on the ...

In looking back at 2024 there's no doubt that my most memorable paddling moment occurred in May when I kayaked out to a relatively small...