2008
January 15 “Kayaking in the Galapagos Islands”: Tom Conner and Connie Page
February 19 “Winter Paddling Skills”: Jay Hank
March 18 “Paddling in the Everglades”: Loretta Crum
April 15 “Kayaking Basics”: Jay Hanks
2009
January 20 “Paddling the Au Sable River from Grayling to Oscoda”: Loretta Crum
February 17 “Kayaking in Alaska”: Lynn Dominguez
March 17 “Killarney Provincial Park in Ontario”: Jay Hanks
April 21 “Recreational Kayak and Canoe Safety Basics”: Jay Hanks
May 19 “Favorite Places to Paddle in Michigan”: Ron Smith
June 16 “Canoeing Big Bend National Park – Texas”: Patrick Harrington and Robin Barfoot
July 21 “Ontario’s Algoma River”: Mark Schultz
2010
January 19 “The Big South Branch of the Pere Marquette – the toughest little river in Michigan”: Jay Hanks
February 16 “The Upper Missinaibi River – Hawk Junction to Mattice: High Water in 2009”: Rich Bailey
March 16 “Canoe and Kayak Safety – keeping warm and dry is no accident”: Jay Hanks
April 20 “Big Bend National Park Wild & Scenic River – Desert canyon canoeing in the most desolate location in the lower 48”: Pat Harrington
May 18 “Grand River Expedition 2010 – Kick-off celebration”
2011
January 18 “Grand River Expedition 2010”: Jay Hanks
February 15 “Winter Canoeing”: Jay Hanks
March 15 “The Adreanof Islands Expedition – 2010, kayaking with Stan in the Aleutians”: Todd Leigh
April 19 “LOAPC Summer Trips – Middle Island, South Shore Superior, Bruce Peninsula, and the French River”: Todd Leigh and Linda Savage
May 17 “Paddling Safety for Beginners and Experts”: Jay Hanks
2012
January 17 “LOAPC Paddle Trips in 2011”: Todd Leigh and Linda Savage
February 21 “LOAPC Paddle Trips in 2011”: Jay Hanks
March 20 “Surf Kayaking on Lake Michigan”
April 17 “Drowning Prevention”
May 15 “Paddling in the Boundary Waters”
June 19 “Leadership 101”
2013
January 15 “2012 Club Paddling Trips”: Todd & Linda
February 19 “2012 Club Paddling Trips”: Jay Hanks
March 26 “Ontario North Shore Paddling Destinations”: by Rich Bailey
April 16 “Mattice to Moosonee – Ontario by Canoe”: Jay Hanks
May 21 “Safety/Skills”
June 18 Picnic and swap meet at Lake Lansing Park South
November 19 “Michipicoten Island, Ontario”: Gary DeKock
2014
January 21 “2013 Paddling Trips”: Todd Leigh and Linda Savage
February 18 “2013 Paddling Trips”: Jay Hanks
March 18 “Batchawana River, Ontario”: Rich Bailey
April 15 “Spanish River, Ontario”: Joe Lessard and George Stockman
May 20 “Safety Skills”: Coast Guard Auxiliary
June 17 Swap Meet and Picnic
November 25 “Mississippi River Voyage – Source to Sea by Kayak”: Gary and Lind DeKock
2015
January 20 “2014 Paddling Trips”: Jay Hanks
February 17 “Bloodvein River”: George Stockman
March 17 “How to pick a boat”: Trey Rouss and Scott Fairty from The Power of Water
April 21 “North Channel”: Thad Vance
May 19 “Safety”: Scott Fairty and Trey Rouss from The Power of Water
June 16 Swap Meet
November 17 “Paddling in Canada and California”: Don Potter
January 19 “2015 Trips”: Jay Hanks
February 16 TBA – Gary and Linda DeKock
March 15 “Flack Lake/Ten Mile Lake”: Rich Bailey and others
April 19 TBA – Todd Leigh and Linda Savage
May 17 TBA – Safety
June 21 3rd Annual Swap Meet and Picnic
November 15 “Woodland Caribou Provincial Park”: Don Potter
2017
January 17 “2016 Trips”: Jay Hanks
February 21 “Looking Glass River Expedition”: Loretta Crum
March 21 “Apostle Islands”: Linda Hunt
April 18 “Backpacking Red River Gorge”: Rich Bailey
May 16 “Safety”
June 20 4th Annual Swap Meet and Picnic
November 21 Little Bighorn River and more – Don Potter
December 19 Club Christmas Party @ Jimmy’s
2018
January 16 “Flathead River and more”: George Stockman
February 20 “Paddle and Portage”: Jay Hanks
March 20 “Backpacking Pictured Rocks”: Rich Bailey
April 17 “Paddling Quetico, Ontario”: Jeff Kacos
May 15 “1,000 Days in 40 Years”: Jay Hanks
June 19 5th Annual Swap Meet and Picnic
November 20 “Missouri River”: Gary and Lind DeKock
December 18 Club Christmas Party @ Jimmy’s
2019
January 15 “ASRO Compilation”: Jay Hanks
February 19 “Paddling the Missinaibi River”: Jay Hanks
March 19 “Greenland Kayaking”: Tim Gallaway
April 16 “Massasauga Provincial Park”: Rich Bailey
May 21 “Seven Days at Lake Superior Provincial Park – Michipicoten to Katherine’s Cove”: Thad Vance
June 18 6th Annual Swap Meet and Picnic
November 19 “Western Rivers”: Don Potter
December 17 Club Christmas Party @ Jimmy’s
2020
January 21 “Bay Cliff”: Todd and Linda
February 18 “Killarney Provincial Park”: Jay Hanks
March 17 cancelled
April 21 cancelled
May 19 cancelled
June 16 Crego Park, East Lansing – open paddle
November 17 ZOOM: “Great Lakes Water Levels”: Kate Lederle
December 15 Club Christmas Party downtown on the street
2021
January 19 ZOOM: “Whitewater Paddling Across the U.S.”: George Stockman
February 16 Virtual QAS begins
March 16 ZOOM: “Southwest U.S. National Parks”: Rich Bailey
April 20 ZOOM: “Buying a Kayak for Beginners”: Loretta Crum
May 18 Wonch Park, Okemos – “Trip Planning”: Jay Hanks
June 15 8th Annual Swap Meet and Picnic
November 16 “Kayaking in Ireland”: Cynthia Donovan
December 21 “Glorious Ectachrome – Whitewater Back in the Day”: Jay Hanks
2022
January 18 “Southwest U.S. National Parks”: Rich Bailey
February 15 “Backpacking the North Country Trail”: Jay Hanks
March 15 “Grand River Experience 2021”: Loretta Crum
April 19 “Isle Royale – by Foot and Paddle”: Todd Leigh and Linda Savage
May 17 CISMA – Kate Lederle and Loretta Crum
June 21 “Introduction to Kayaking at Jaycee Park”: Todd, Linda and LOAPC
November 22 “Obatanga Provincial Park 2004”: Jay Hanks
December 20 “The Dog River – 2001”: Jay Hanks
2023
January 17 “Kayaking Lake Superior”: Mike Stout
February 21 “Kayaking Isle Royale”: Rich Bailey
March 21 “Western Whitewater”: Kathleen Imre
April 18 “Hiking the Camino”: Richard Godbold
May 16 “Freestyle Canoeing”: Lyn Dominguez
June 20 “Introduction to Kayaking at Jaycee Park”:
November 21 “Paddling the Everglades”: Loretta Crum
December 19 “Paddling Lime Island, MI”: Joe Lessard
2024
January 16 “Boundary Waters Canoe Area”: George Stockman
February 20 “Tatshenshini and Alsek Rivers, Alaska”: Thad and Patty Vance and Kate Lederle
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