John van der Stricht shared this image from a recent canoe trip from France to Turkey.  Here he is on the Loire River in Saumur, France, and says, “We were traveling upstream on the Loire for three weeks in low water (translated: had to drag the boat quite a bit). 13 hour days of upstream river travel on the Loire frequently merited a reward from the surrounding vineyards of Bourgueil and Chinon.”  

Read more about John’s journey at:  http://www.constantinoplebycanoe.com/