On a frigid day in March, Kathryn “Kaki” Burruss, 77, and her husband, Billy, 80, snuggled inside their tent and reminisced about their more than half a century’s worth of adventures canoeing all over the United States. The couple was on a reunion camping and hiking trip with Kaki’s three sisters, Jackie Cole, Marvine Cole, and Ginger Turner—all of whom have canoe camped.
The couple reflected on some of their best memories spent in a canoe and on shorelines. “We’ve probably accomplished 5,000 miles of canoeing, sometimes also camping,” said Kaki. Billy remembered celebrating his 50th birthday on the Hudson Bay.
