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Our not-for-profit club offers paddle trips on rivers, lakes and ponds as well as estuaries, marshes and coves. Trips are open to canoes and kayaks.

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Adirondacks Trip for 2012. We will be camping at Rollins Pond Campground and will be targeting sites A001 – A033. click for details Please fill out this form to let the organizers know who is attending and where you will be staying. ADK RSVP Form. You can register at www.reserveamerica.com.

The dates of the trip are August 4^th – 12^th. There are some motels in Tupper Lake which is about 8 miles from the campground. We will be paddling local lakes and rivers in the area which may include the St. Regis Canoe area, Fish Creek Loop, upper, middle and lower Saranac Lake, the Raquette River and any of a number of others in the area. You are welcome to come for all or part of the week. Trip Leader is Henry Dziadosz 401-567-0313 or henry@twincitysupply.com

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The people who coordinate RICKA trips are responsible for setting a meeting time and how to get to the put-in and take-out. The trip coordinators are unpaid volunteers who are not professionals. They are not and cannot be responsible for determining the adequacy of your skill level, your personal safety, well-being, or happiness. Trips are group events. You, and you alone, are responsible for yourself

PFDs (life vests) are required on all RICKA and Blackstone Valley Paddle Club trips. Please stay out of channels and be aware of boating traffic. Canoes and kayaks do not have the right of way.
Note: Inflatable PFDs (life vests) are not acceptable for paddling on RICKA Flatwater trips or Blackstone Valley Paddle Club trips for safety reasons.

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Any paddle sport is an assumed risk sport. Some aspects of canoeing and kayaking involve the risk of serious injury or death. The Rhode Island Canoe/Kayak Association (Rhode Island Canoe Association, Inc.), although safety conscious, cannot guarantee your personal safety in club activities. Each participant is responsible for his or her own training in boating and rescue techniques, equipment, and personal well-being when engaging in or attending club-organized activities.

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Would you like to paddle after work during the week? You’re not alone. The Southern New England Paddlers (SNEP) and will be organizing Wednesday evening paddles in May, June, July and August. Each week or so, they will take a SNEP group out a on a local river or pond for an easy relaxing paddle. Click to find out more.