Team Northeast Rivers: "Rocky" Training Montage

It's not easy getting ready for a five-week kayaking trip. There's a lot of food packing, gear packing, and "staff development." Staff development is our favorite. Here are some pictures of our latest staff development clinic at Sheepscott Falls on Sunday. As you look over this post, we think you should picture the training montage from Rocky IV (the one where he's in Siberia). Picture us paddling around, lifting up logs, helping Siberians extricate their oxcarts from the snow, etc.
In other news, things are looking good for the trip and our itinerary is starting to form up nicely. It sounds like we'll be at the West Branch of the Penobscot, then Rapid River, then Hudson Gorge and the Black River, then up to the Ottawa, and finally the Jaques-Cartier in Quebec. Anyone who is reading this, feel free to drop us a line with suggestions along the way or if you want to catch up with Northeast Rivers. Now onto some pictures...

One in the hole and one in the Wave.
Jim. He surfs. He also cuts his foot. Badly...
Dan throwing down. His helmet is very fashionable.
Bo is cartwheeling, Dan is watching, the river is flowing...
Even though Jim hurt his foot, he's too hard-core to care...
All in all, another beautiful day in the state of Maine!