Many thanks to Uconn Outing Club

I want to say how much we appreciate Andrew E., Dan C. and the rest of the Uconn Outing Club for their help and for letting us borrow their canoe and other gear for the trip. Thanks for everything guys! Without you, this trip wouldn't have been possible.
Forever grateful,
-Nick and Arthur

Here are the sites we stayed at each night:
Day 1: Lean to north of Eight Lake
Day 2: Plumley's Landing on Long Lake
Day3: Lean to between Lower Sarnac Lake and Oseetah Lake
Day 4: Union Falls
Day 5: Cadyville
Day 6: North Hero State Park Campground on Lake Champlain
Day 7: "Dickey's Campsite" before Sheldon Springs Dam
Day 8: Davis Park in Richford, VT
Day 9: Mansonville, Quebec
Day 10: On Clyde River 1 mile past Little Salem Pond
Day 11: Nulhegan River 1 mile before Wenlock Crossing
Day 12: Intersection of Connecticut and Upper Ammonoosuc Rivers
Day 13: Base of Thirteen Mile Woods on the Androscoggin River
Day 14: Spalding Cove Camsite in "The Narrows" between Lower and Upper Richardson Lakes
Day 15: Lower Dallas Bridge at the base of the South Branch of the Dead River
Day 16: Savage Farm Campsite on Flagstaff Lake
Day 17: 1 mile north on Spencer Stream
Day 18: Spencer Rips campsite at the base of the Moose River
Day 19: The Boomhouse campsite on Chesuncook Lake
Day: 20: Little Eagle campsite on Eagle Lake
Day 21: Five Finger Brook North campsite on the Allagash River
Day 22: Trail Completed! Blockhouse canoe campground in Fort Kent, ME

Stay tuned

Hey everyone,
We're planning on getting some more cool stuff on the blog as soon as we settle back in and get around to it. We hope to tell some funny stories from our trip as well as provide some good tips and tools for future paddlers. Also, we'll be sure to get some pictures up. Take it easy; we know we will be.
-Nick

Fort Kent

Arthur and I reached the eastern terminus at Fort Kent last night. We arrived at the sign with our canoe at 5:57pm, which made for 22 days, 4 hours and 59 minutes; a little earlier than originally expected. Low water levels on the rivers and strong winds and 5ft. swells on northern Maine's lakes slowed us down a bit but we decided to just make up for it by paddling longer hours.

Croc and I made a good team. We both like to push ourselves pretty hard. Especially in the last week our days were filled with little more than eating, sleeping and paddling. We cut into our sleep time in the last few days so that we could be on the water for 12-14 hours. It might not have allowed for the maximum amount of enjoyment but we still had fun.

All in all, we're glad to be done paddling. Right now we're hanging out in Fort Kent just glad to not be constantly moving our arms. I was pretty pumped to get some fresh produce and I think Croc was excited to replenish his skittle supply lol.

My uncle, Art, has made the very kind offer of coming to pick us up today. He's pretty awesome for deciding to spend the time to come all the way to Fort Kent to come get us and I plan to make it up to him by doing some work for him. The plan is to stay at his place for a couple days before coming back to Connecticut so we should be home relatively soon.

My parents have been awesome for their help and for keeping up with the blog. No matter how crazy my ideas are, they're always super supportive. Thanks guys, I love you.

To everyone who followed us on our thru-paddle, thanks for reading and for the encouragement. Take care.

-Nick

We heard from Nick once on our vacation. It was on Tuesday or Wednesday, he had reached Maine. The wheels they use for the portages broke so they hid the canoe and walked into a town to get them fixed. I haven't heard from him since so hopefully they got fixed. He is ending up way up in Maine so he had alittle ways to go still. He is hoping to get there Friday night on July 30. It is a ten hour drive for us so we will leave Friday after Bryan gets out of work and drive for quite a while so we can pick him up Saturday morning. He said most of the time they have had a good weather. If I hear from Nick this week I will write again otherwise I'm sure Nick will write when he gets home. Hope everyone's summer is adventurous as Nick's is

I heard from Nick today. He's moving along, he will be in North Stratford today. They are looking forward to being on the Connecticut River. They had a really hard day yesterday. They usually do 4 miles in an hour but yesterday it took 4 hours to go 4 miles. The river was very narrow with fallen trees and a few beaver dams they had to get out and go around. They won't be coming at all to willoughby now because they are past that point and want to keep going. The trail has only been around since 2000 and has only been completed by about 30 people. There is a woman in charge of the trail and gave NIck this information. The fastest the trail has been completed is 29 days and Nick hopes to break this. We will be leaving for Willoughby tomorrow so I will update this when I get back. I hope everyone is having a nice summer and we all hope Nick finishes this present adventure safely.

Saturday July 10

The weather in upstate New York has been dry just like in southern New England so what was thought to be a day of rivers and rapids turned out to be a day of shallow streams and dry river beds. Nick and Croc had to drag the canoe about thirty times but they still made 25 miles for the day. Saturday morning saw them on the western shore of Lake Champlain. The next couple of days shouldn't be so dry, anyway. They were headed to the grocery store, probably hitchhiking, and in good spirits. No issues with the canoe.
They should meet up with us in Willoughby on the first Saturday. We'll be sure to pick up a bunch of fresh veggies and fruit for Nick and some beer for Croc so they can rest up and get back to the rivers.