CanoeSport Fireside Adventures
Winter 2025
Fireside Adventures return this winter! This season's focus is all about the comeback of our our Adventure Travel Trips in 2026! Come learn about the trips, hear the stories from past trips, and get excited to plan your adventure in 2026!
Tybee Island Skills and Adventure
Date: November 29 - 2pm
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Speaker Bio:
Jeff Holmes began publishing Canoeing Iowa Magazine in the fall of 1988 and started CanoeSport Outfitters in the spring of 1992. He discontinued the magazine in 1996, to focus on the retail business and the rental business at Lake Ahquabi State Park. Jeff has been certified as a seas kayaking coach with the British Canoe Union, a Level 4 ACA Coastal Sea Kayak instructor, is an adjunct instructor for the University of Iowa, and is a Level 2 Kayak Instructor Trainer Trainer. He's solo kayaked the Everglades and circumnavigated the North Core Bank in the Outer Banks of North Carolina. In addition, he's kayaked the coast of Texas, Mississippi, Vancouver Island, and Georgia along with numerous trips on Lake Superior. He's canoed the Boundary Waters and most rivers in Iowa and whitewater kayaked on the St. Louis River, Kettle River, Nahntahala River, and Green River in North Carolina.
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Exploring Everglades National Park
Date: December 6 - 2pm
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Speaker Bio:
Shireen Cave started paddling in 2008 as a stepping stone to other adventures. She got hooked on paddling and since then has been one of the main guides of CanoeSport's adventure travel trips. She has guided trips to the Apostle Islands, Louisiana Bayous, the Everglades National Park, stretches of the Mississippi River, Tybee Island, GA, and many local day and weekend trips. For over 10 years she has taught kayaking and stand up paddling at the University of Iowa and each year leads a trip to Lake Powell for spring break.
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Paddling the Mighty Mississippi River
Date: December 13 - 2pm
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Speaker Bio:
John is a regular participant in project AWARE, organizes natural history tours of forest and prairie preserves, and leads eco tours on Lake Red Rock for CanoeSport Outfitters. He has acquired his Level 3 ACA Coastal Sea Kayak Instructor certification. He also recently started his own outdoor blog. John has paddled the Ozarks, the Okeefenokee Swamp, Isle Royale, Puget Sound, Yellowstone Lake, the Everglades, and the Texas Coast among many others.
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Lake Powell - 'paddling the canyon'
Date: December 20 - 2pm
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Speaker Bio:
Shireen Cave started paddling in 2008 as a stepping stone to other adventures. She got hooked on paddling and since then has been one of the main guides of CanoeSport's adventure travel trips. She has guided trips to the Apostle Islands, Louisiana Bayous, the Everglades National Park, stretches of the Mississippi River, Tybee Island, GA, and many local day and weekend trips. For over 10 years she has taught kayaking and stand up paddling at the University of Iowa and each year leads a trip to Lake Powell for spring break.
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Our winter session of Firesides has ended
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That doesn't mean we're not going to continue sharing more trips and adventures!
* Iowa Paddlesport Expo March 7-8 will be the next opportunity to see and experience presentations on trips and paddling related topics.
* Check back in the spring for a new series!
See ya on the water!