This guide offers kayakers and canoeist more than 100 miles of relaxing, scenic excursions suitable for family outings in the Narragansett Bay system. Author Eden Oldmixon describes 12 alongshore routes featuring multiple launch sites and the paddling routes that link them, effectively creating a series of "water trails" that you can follow. The trips have been tailored to avoid channels, surf, strong current, open-water crossings, and boat traffic to provide resting places and launching sites (about 40 in all) that can be used as alternative destinations or emergency refuges.