For years, ever since the kids were young, each year we did a family canoe trip. These trips consisted of me, my wife Cathy, my daughter Samantha, and my son Jeremy. Usually we also had some close friends come along as well. These people varied year to year based on what was going on in their own lives, but they were all as close as family to us.

We had to stop this tradition because of illness in the family and for 5 years there were not any canoe trips. Thankfully, last year we were able to start canoe tripping again.

This blog will contain trip reports from the various canoe trips we will do. As time goes by and the family gets older and lives change, this seems like a good thing to do.

Many of these trips that we do, we will probably never do again. There are so many exciting routes out there. Posting the trip reports here, however, may help others and other families do these trips.

There is no better time for bonding than on a canoe trip.

And so here starts my first blog.