May 24-June 6, 2022 The first stretch of canoeing was on the 1200 km long Athabasca River. We drove up the icefields Parkway to our intended put-in near Jasper. This…
Canoe Training: Bow River & Banff
At each transition along Her Odyssey, we are confronted with shifting seasons and uncharacteristic weather events. Winter comes later and so does Spring thaw. Summer bakes hotter and Autumn yawns…
So You Want to Paddle the Arctic Drainage
“When you look at the face of Canada and study the geography carefully, you come away with the feeling that God could have designed the canoe first and then set…
Her Odyssey Expedition Complete
On August 24, 2022 Bethany Hughes and Lauren Reed paddled into Tuktoyaktuk, NWT, Canada. This completes Her Odyssey expedition’s mission to physically connect the Americas from Patagonia to the Arctic…
Bikepacking Nicaragua
Those of you who’ve been reading along all these years will understand our trepidation about returning to Nicaragua or even whether we would be allowed back in. I am delighted…
Bikepacking Honduras
In brief I would say the western highlands and Cordillera Central are beautiful and welcoming enough to warrant slow travel. East of Tegucigalpa is not an area to loiter unless…
Bikepacking Guatemala
Public adaptation of a Patreon post which was shared in March, as events unfolded. [In real time we are in Canada, preparing to canoe the Arctic Drainage.] Greetings from the…
Bikepacking Chiapas Pt. 2: San Cristobal de las Casas to the Guatemala Border
End of February 2022 [While in real time I am in southern Canada, preparing to canoe the Arctic Drainage, the transition has kept me so busy I am still catching…
Bikepacking Chiapas Pt.1: Sumidero Canyon to San Cristobal de las Casas
Late February 2022 [In real time we are in southern Canada, preparing to canoe the Arctic Drainage. The transition from completing Central America to coming back to the north has…
Her Odyssey Final Season Launch: Canoeing the Arctic Drainage
Sweltering up a steep, sun-exposed climb in western Guatemala, a realization dawned on me. I pedaled to catch up to Neon and shared that a longstanding inside joke might soon…
