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.~

Sunday, March 27, 2011

Mt. bike racing on Whidbey island

Our "What did you do this weekend?" adventure
includes a tale of 4 friends who
camped on nearby beautiful
*windy* Whidbey island
under a rainshadow & backdropped
by spectacular shows of Nature,
to giggle,
hike & bike
 along Fort Ebey State Park trails one day,
 be met by more friends the next
to spend another awesome day together racing...
(*A first race in a new sport for 2 of us, who'd
only planned on being spousal chearleaders :)
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