Massachusetts
Kayaking the Charles was a revelation
Traveling by land, one might catch glimpses of the great waterway that snakes through 16 Massachusetts cities and towns. Gliding along the river one stretch at a time, though, is a revelation.
We’re hobbyist kayakers, so we waited for hypothermia season to end. You never know when you might fall in. It was late May, and I was pregnant, with an August due date. Plenty of time, we thought.
The winter before last, my husband and I decided tha... [8024 chars]