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Travel

Travel the Willamette River Water Trail

Imagine taking your canoe or kayak, and traveling to a parkland along the Willamette River. At this park or boat ramp you carefully pack your gear, and then embark on a four-day trip on the Willamette. Along the way you use one of the printed guides to the river, and explore on your own, careful […]

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Travel

Destination Jasper, Alberta – Home of the Canadian ‘Rocky Moutain High’

By Leslee Jaquette I have twice visited Jasper, Alberta. The first time was in November. Snow covered the village and the local ski resorts were operating on thin cover. But it was magnificent and I was hooked on Canada in the winter. A number of years later, I returned to Jasper in the summer via […]

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Outdoor Activities

Growing our industry through youth boating programs

Increasing participation in recreational boating is NMTA’s mission.  I like to say we want “more boaters tomorrow then there are today.”  We want people young and old all over the northwest to wake up each morning and say “I want to go boating.”  The Seattle Boat Show is our number one boating promotion, but eleven […]