On September 19th, my group had another meeting with the purpose of working out some of the finer details of the trip, such as how many canoes we will need for the trip, where we will get them, how we will get them (as well as ourselves) to the river we choose to canoe, which river we will choose to canoe, what we will eat, what we should bring, and how far down the river we should leave the vehicle that will allow us to get back, just to name a few.
We were unable to answer all of these questions, but we did decide that with the two trip advisors that plan to accompany us, we will need at least three canoes, which will hopefully be rented along with paddles and life jackets from a university organization along with a trailer at no fee. Then this trailer will be pulled by a ten person van that we will pay to rent and that will carry us to the river landing. The river we will travel down will be the Merrimeeting River, a little less than an hour north of UNH. This river is ranked an easy and safe river to canoe down and is supposed to have many marshlands along it that should provide a likely habitat in which to spot moose. Each person was instructed to bring their own sleeping bags, that will be used inside two tents that will also be rented from the school. For food, we determined that many pre-made peanut butter and jelly sandwiches would be easy to bring and would sustain us down the river. Also, several members of our group volunteered to drive their cars if necessary so that we will have a car to meet us at the end of the canoe trip. These plans still need a bit more work that we will work out with our trip advisor, Rachael. However, the adventure is already beginning to take shape, and in my opinion, it looks hopeful!
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