Try This: Kayak in Quebec

Along with fifteen of our colleagues from the ATTA Summit, during the Day of Adventure we geared up in wetsuits and jumped in tandem kayaks to paddle sixteen kilometers down the coast of the St. Lawrence River, in La Malbaie, Quebec.

As we paddled, our team of guides from Katabatik Kayak regaled us with stories of early tourists to the region: American hunters who traveled to this outpost by train to stay at the Chateau Richelieu as well as explanations of the unusual rock formations of the Appalachians mountains; the result of a massive meteorite. Although it was too late in the season to see whales, playful seals kept peeking their heads out of the water around our boats.

We climbed out on rocks for a lunch spread of hot soup and sandwich bar and gathered around a bonfire and caught up on the year gone by. As always, it seems too long before the next conference. See here for details on the Adventure Summit in Scotland.

- Natasha Martin