#canoeing

[whereifindsanity]

[vintagecamping]

A couple gents get ready for a morning of fishing on beautiful Mabel Lake.

British Columbia

1954

[protabaradventure]

There's a unique kind of peace found only on the water. It's a melody played by nature, with each paddle stroke contributing a note.

[hearnoweevil]

So last summer I got lost camping by not reading any signs

[scooby-doo-exploration]

dracula61

[detroitlib]

View of open-air pavilion on bridge over canal on Belle Isle. Numerous canoeists travel on canal; crowd gathers on banks for concert. Printed on front: "11665, band concert, Belle Isle Park, Detroit, Mich." Printed on back: "Phostint card, made only by Detroit Publishing Co." Handwritten on back: "Hello! Bill received your card. Hoping you are having a fine time and not going with the girls. Your friend, Dan Abbott." Card is postmarked August 17, 1908.

Burton Historical Collection, Detroit Public Library

[bethany-ivy]

Canoe on a lake at sunset. Prints here.

[hivernal-stims]

Source

[thiagobianchini]

'Looking for a new Home', 2023

[whereifindsanity]

Fishing at Stanley Lake, Sawtooth National Recreation Area Idaho.

[hikayaking]

One of my favourite experiences on the water is when I can get the canoe or kayak to skim the surface across clear water in an inlet or by a shoreline. I don't know how to explain it. It just feels awesome.

[grandboute]

Reflexion...

[viejospellejos]

me preocupa más el tupper de queso

[detroitlib]

View of men and women in three canoes paddling through rapids in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. Printed on front: "9485. Shooting the rapids, Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. Copyright 1906 by Detroit Publishing Co." Printed on back: "Phostint card. Made only by Detroit Publishing Co." Handwritten on back: "I wish you were here with me. We are now on Lake Superior and it is frightfully rough. We are just having a dandy time. I will try to write a long letter from Port Arthur. Lovingly, Marjorie." Card is postmarked July 27, 1907.

Courtesy of the Burton Historical Collection, Detroit Public Library

[gean-grey-blog]

We desperately need more accessible outdoor spaces. I was an infant the first time I went camping. March of last year I was doing 5 mile morning trail runs. Then I got sick enough I ended up a part time wheelchair user.

A little under a year after I had to give up even hiking, I've started actually getting outside again because my fam and I figured out adaptive boating. But every boat launch, every parking lot, is still a question of how accessible it is and how good a day I'm having.

People deserve to access the outdoors on wheels.

People deserve to experience natural wonders no matter their disability status, or health or mobility situation.

Especially given how often I've heard the advice "have you tried going outside?"