Our grandson Kaelin Friedenson won the Gold Medial in the World Championship Junior Extreme Slalom Kayak Competition for the USA on July 11 in Slovenia. We want to share our pride and excitement with all of you. Bob has created a video showing most of the races in which Kaelin [ Read More ]
Today’s paddle was a high flow river and rising. We started at a flow of 310 cubic feet per second and ended at 423 cubic feet per second. Now it’s up to 488. We had a great time and moved swiftly along. Not many photos till we took a break [ Read More ]
The July paddle has been postponed one week to 7/10 due to rain, AND the August MarliesPaddles 1st Saturdays is already open for registrations: Two hour easy suburban wilderness paddle, downstream Shawsheen River. Fifth of seven monthly (First Saturday) paddles. About this event Save the date! The SRWA (Shawsheen [ Read More ]
Check out Concord River Kayak Club https://meetu.ps/c/4lf0W/dmHzR/d on Meetup with Ed! This is a wonderful opportunity for experienced kayakers whether you have your own kayak or need a rental. Click to find out more. Concord River kayak club offers guided ecotours along the Concord River in Billerica. Led by a [ Read More ]
Two hour easy suburban wilderness paddle, downstream Shawsheen River. Fourth of seven monthly (First Saturday) paddles. About this event Save the date! The SRWA (Shawsheen River Watershed Association) paddles the Shawsheen River monthly. Each time a different section. 4rd section: Tewksbury, MA Focus on camaraderie and wildlife. BYOBoat, acces point [ Read More ]
AFT Thanks to this crew this part of the river is navigatable. Michael Dempsey’s Shawsheen River crew: “This is our hobby: Weekly work parties to improve navigation” – before and after 🙂 BEFORE I paddled yesterday and came across this tree which had fallen totally across the river in about [ Read More ]
Join SRWA and Marlies Paddles for the next group paddle. These very special excursions occur the first Saturday of each month, April -October To see part of the May trip from Billerica to Wilmington as we paddle through the aqueduct click here. Video Creator: Marlies Henderson
The next SRWA-MarliesPaddles event is now open for registrations! Two hour easy suburban wilderness paddle, downstream Shawsheen River. Third of seven monthly (First Saturday) paddles. Click on here to sign up at Evenbrite.com About this Event Save the date! Adhering to Governor Baker’s – now relaxed mask wearing – [ Read More ]
Saturday was a beautiful morning on the Shawsheen with plenty of water for easy paddling downstream and plenty of sunshine mixed with some wind and cool temperatures. Marlies led a hearty crew of paddlers from Billerica to Wilmington via the Shawsheen River Aqueduct. Photos by Elizabeth, Marlies, and Alice. [ Read More ]
