Living on the most eastern of the San Juan archipelago islands, Fidalgo island, the variety of trip & training paddle routes from here are endless. While strong currents do exist in nearly every channel surrounding our island shores, learning how to use these currents to travel in the back eddies, the mid-channel-river-like 'green tongue', along with harnessing the strength of the winds (with kayak sails), is what paddling the San Juans is all about to us... Efficiency. Speed. Using what Nature offers to help us achieve our paddling (distance travelling & racing speed) goals. Which sometimes mandates a combination of styles & skills from river and sea kayaking mixed in with occasional surfing and sailing. Adreline rushes. Personal Speed Records. Risk-taking. Innovation. ~Paddle the Islands and let Nature Inspire.~

Monday, November 30, 2009

Different Worlds...

Several years ago, when my dad first started writing to me about Jim,
I was living in a Chinese city of 15 million...
After travelling to nearly 30 countries,including seven years of teaching,
and playing,
around four Asian nations...
I finally returned back HOME to the great Pacific Northwest
and can confidently say after so many years of
gypsy wandering- That there truly are such a rare place in the world,
you can be lucky enough
to look out your living room window
and catch as spectacular view as this... A late fall sunset, complimented by a rising full moon
over a nearby volcano basked in twilight alpen glow,
shadowy foothills and a rugged island archipelago.
We relish the enchanting, quiet beauty surrounding the
sleepy little island town we now call
'Home Sweeeet Home"...
~~~
"Three things cannot be long hidden,
the sun, the moon and the truth." -Buddha

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