I've been paddling since I was 10 with a summer camp in Maine. I grew to love the time spent quietly paddling on the river. I used the CT river as one of our first training trips with my daughter when she was 11years old. We progressed on to the Soco River, The Alagash and the ST Johns river. Three years ago my girlfriend and I paddled from Ryegate to the Wilder Dam. This year we are planning to go from Bloomfield to Ryegate