I was unable to attend the national watertrail Trails Conference in West Virginia over the last weekend. It would be helpful to the rest of us if anyone who attended would share their thoughts about the meeting and the present/future state of water trails. As far as I know there is no detailed listing of all the water trails in the US and Canada with a thumbnail description of each and where to get more detailed info or guidebooks to individual trails. I have never seen the trail guide that Dave Getschell wrote but perhaps it has such detailed information as well as being a guide to how to create such trails. ralph diaz -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ralph Diaz . . . Folding Kayaker newsletter PO Box 0754, New York, NY 10024 Tel: 212-724-5069; E-mail: rdiaz_at_ix.netcom.com "Where's your sea kayak?"----"It's in the bag." ----------------------------------------------------------------------- *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
trails in the US and Canada with a thumbnail description of each and where to get more detailed info or guidebooks to individual trails. I > I tried several times to get information a couple of years ago from the 'trail builders' on the status and scope of a canoe trail going through (I think) northern Maine, NH, VT and NY without success. I always assumed lack of funding or material precluded them from responding to 'regular folk'. If I recall, most of their problems were political rather than physical. >I have an AMC (Appalachian Mountain Club) map for a tidal canoe trail on the Maine coast but have never heard of any other documentation on it. have never seen the trail guide that Dave Getschell wrote but perhaps it has such detailed information as well as being a guide to how to create such trails. > amazon.com didn't show any books for author 'Getschel' *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
Sisler, Clyde wrote: > > trails in the US and Canada with a thumbnail description of each and > where to get more detailed info or guidebooks to individual trails. I > > > I tried several times to get information a couple of years ago from the > 'trail builders' on the status and scope of a canoe trail going through (I > think) northern Maine, NH, VT and NY without success. I always assumed lack > of funding or material precluded them from responding to 'regular folk'. If > I recall, most of their problems were political rather than physical. > > >I have an AMC (Appalachian Mountain Club) map for a tidal canoe trail on > the Maine coast but have never heard of any other documentation on it. > > have never seen the trail guide that Dave Getschell wrote but perhaps it > has such detailed information as well as being a guide to how to create > such trails. > > > amazon.com didn't show any books for author 'Getschel' Actually such guides and books tend to be published in small ways and by operations that don't get picked up by Amazon or any book dealers. Take for example the excellent guide to the Hudson River put out my a group I belong to the Hudson River Watertrail Association. I suspect that is the case with Getchell's book. I may be spelling the name incorrectly as I do know he authored a book for International Marine (a sub of McGraw-Hill) on outboard motor boats, which is a terrific guide for these overlooked boats, and it is the kind of book that Amazon should have. So maybe without the "s" .... try Getchell. ralph > *************************************************************************** > PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List > Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net > Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net > Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ > *************************************************************************** -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ralph Diaz . . . Folding Kayaker newsletter PO Box 0754, New York, NY 10024 Tel: 212-724-5069; E-mail: rdiaz_at_ix.netcom.com "Where's your sea kayak?"----"It's in the bag." ----------------------------------------------------------------------- *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
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