Otter Brook in NH

It’s funny how trips come together. Usually by Thursday someone has posted a trip that I am interested in. This week, it didn’t happen, so I posted it myself – Otter Book in southern NH. And just to make sure it happened, I posted it at three places – two Facebook groups and a local email list. It worked. We ended up with about 20 people in three groups, including 6 canoes.

Otter Brook is an easy class II that runs through Keene, NH on it’s way to the Ashuelot River and ultimately the Connecticut River. The river twists and turns though the woods down to Otter Ledge – a 2-foot drop that is usually run on the right. After that, Otter Brook merges with Miniwawa Brook, which adds to its flow and produces some nice wave trains for the remained of the trip. We ended up doing two runs – great day.

My Pictures - https://www.flickr.com/photos/eckilson/sets/72157680531600532
Trip Description from American Whitewater - https://www.americanwhitewater.org/content/River/detail/id/3644/

I see the Master of the Millbrook led the drop-n-plop play,
beKaz he can with a Blink along the way.

Thanks, as always, E-squared for sharing the voyage.

Pretty. Keene’s not that far away from my brother’s place, just over the VT border…(So I’m guesstimating maybe a 140±mile ride one way for me?). Had to work this Saturday anyhow, so maybe just a nice quiet Sunday lake paddle by meself later on. But keep those New England ww pics flowing!

@canoeswithduckheads said:
I see the Master of the Millbrook led the drop-n-plop play,
beKaz he can with a Blink along the way.

Yup - Kaz was there in his Blink. He is an amazing boater - ran the river like a slalom course. I paddle like that in my dreams.