Florida: Canoeing a Wild Hidden World in the Everglades

    Canoe packed with camping gear for Everglades in foreground navigating through tall, thick mangrove lined water trail

    Paddling into Everglades National Park feels like slipping backward through time. Once you leave the trailhead, there are no roads, no engines—only mangrove-lined canoe trails, still water, and the quiet tension of moving through wild space. Alligators drift in the shadows. Birds lift from the mangroves. The only way in is the same way out. It’s both serene and exhilarating, a place where silence heightens awareness and every turn carries possibility. For paddlers willing to move slowly and attentively, the…

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    New Jersey: Landing Creek Gives Way to Choppy Bay

    2 Places · 1 Adventure — Delaware · New Jersey Defined by tidal brackish marshlands with wide-open spaces and a watery labyrinth of tributaries, Landing Creek is a tranquil and deceptive escape. After our previous paddle,…

  • River in the foreground with a line of blooming cherry trees along the bank.

    DC: A New View of the Cherry Blossoms by Canoe

    For more than a century, Washington’s cherry blossoms have carried meaning beyond their spring beauty. Gifted by Tokyo in the early 20th century, the trees became a symbol of friendship between Japan and the…

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    Canoe 52 began as a shared journey — two paddles moving in rhythm, a dog shifting between seats. This trip felt different. Same canoe. Same intention. But the current had changed, and I was…