
Photo courtesy of Alice’s Awesome Adventures
Learning new skills
It was finally time for our first day of class in the field. Henry and I had quite a long drive to get to the meeting site, with a stop at my parent’s house to drop off our son and the dog for the day. Needless to say, we arrived in Brunswick at the Mill Street Canoe Portage on the Androscoggin River skidding in sideways and barely on time.
It was cold as hell and I was surprised I didn’t see ice forming on the river banks. We kicked things off learning the various types of paddles and canoes, as well as