A Collection of My Favorites.

Q is for Quebec. There used to be races in Huberdeau on the Riviere Rouge until the new bridge was built. We went there to play in the rapids but the Canadians were set up for a race that day. They were all kayaks and closed canoes, we were in canoes, but they invited us to join them and run the course. So we did. My award was for OC-1 winning second place against Keech, the trip leader. I lost to him after capsizing on my first run and finished about 3 seconds behind him. Something like 723 seconds to 726 seconds.

A short trip on the Saco River in Maine. This lake was a short paddle up a tributary.

THe Rapid River, Maine, above Umbagog Lake. Just down river from were "We Took to the Woods" cabin.

Daughter Renata trying out a solo boat. Race unknown.

Renata again at the race course in Manchester, New Hampshire, on the Merrimack River.

Daughter Amy geared out at a race. I don't recall the location.

Amy & I entered in an OC-2 Junior Senior race.

Amy at the scoring table at a teaching race. Even experts come to help, teach and learn.

Errol, NH circa 1979. We are in the Min Tripper, a 14' 10" ABS Old Town canoe.

Amy and I in my light blue John Berry built Kevlar canoe

Same as above. Amy is executing a cross-draw to turn for the next gate. In those days (c:1982?) the red pole had to be on your right as you go through. This is a downriver gate.

We are in the parking lot at West River State Park, Jamaica, Vermont. This is a release day. Crowds mass for a ride to the pot-in below the dam.

A vendor provided 8 x 10 glossy of my lab going down the Kennebec River gorge in Maine. The "lab" was the Air Lab, Air Assessment Branch, DEP, Comm. of Mass. We were located in Lawrence , MA, at the now renamed Lawrence Experiment Station. I must do a slide show of that.

An early trip on Otter Brook, Vermont. Perhaps 1979. This was the hardest rapid I had done by this time, class III.

This is the same sapid above, but now in my hand made fiberglass Hahn C-1. Hardly see it. 31 poundds fullr loaded. As of today, it is still in the TW RV lot in need of a loving new owner, although it is now a Kayak.

Riparius, NY. This is where that teaching race was held. The tourist store enjoyed the attention our race brought.

Freight Train Rapids, Contoocook River in New Hampshire. Early 1998s. Highest I ran it was 9.5 on the gauge. Rated a strong class IV at that flow.

A relaxing moment in my OC-1 boat.

Keech and Ann LeClair initiating an eddy turn behind that rock seen on the right edge. They know what they are doing.

3 of the 5 boats on this fund raising trip on the Delaware River (NY, NJ, PA). Mad River loaned us the boats and paddles and we did 100 miles in 2 days to raise money fpr the 1992 USA Olympic whitewater team (Junior team)

John Berry was delivering a new boat to Deb Sparks. He dressed it up for the lady. The ME was the most famous design from John. M.E. stands for Maximum Exposure. A shorter version is called the Flasher.

Fun at the camp site on the Saco River.

This is the only photo I have of Keech, who invited me on this run, and I paddling at race speed on a course. It was fun, but we never competed together.

John Berry in the stern and (I'll think of her name) at the October water release race on the Farmington River, Otis, MA.

Kevin, my preferred partner, on a Canoeing wilderness trip in Canada.

Group shot of our companions on a Rouge River week-long trip in Canada. THat's Kevin & I on the right rear.

A print made my cousin Wally Tripp. Pictured are his parents Ken & Rub who lived in Hancock, NH. This was issued in a calendar. In real life, they were AMC rated class IV and Class V leaders. On the bottom of Ken's boat were the words "Tripp's Over".

Probably on the Rapid River, Maine, just below the staircase rapids.

In the C-1 ready to run the Mouse Hole, a slot in a dam on the Quaboag River, Massachusetts.

Same spot. Several years later this was closed when it became unsafe due to the side falling in.

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