I started paddling in august 2016 when my best friend and her husband to be asked us to join them in paddling the Allagash river to her husband's family's compound off of the river. The infamous twin rivers lunch known well to NFCT paddlers was where her husband had grown up. the days heading to the ceremony on the lawn facing the st Lawrence river, we paddled 30 miles. ever since that trip I was hooked, making sure to plan a trip annually on my birthday in august. so far I have paddled much of the nfct in Maine, as well as some of the Connecticut river ( on a paddle board!) in the years to come I plan on paddling all of mains rivers trails, also the MITA trails. The Connecticut river means much to me as I grew up in New Hampshire and have traveled up and down the state along the river many of times. My family owns the Buck Rub Pub in Pittsburg NH where the Connecticut lakes are and the river begins. little did I know then that I would be so moved by the river and the expeditions beyond the roads we travel today.