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, September 26, 2010

Going to Church...

‎....means different things to different people.
 In our family it means rising before dawn
and dressing &/or packing in our finest
polypro, fleece & goretex,
to go for a hike with 3700 feet of elevation gain
in 8 1/2 steep, roundtrip miles
up & down a high alpine,
switch-backed trail.
As we laughingly celebrate autumns splendid arrival
one late Saturday in September, 
while frollicking with friends
and scrambling to reach the narrow-ridged summit
 of a beautiful 6,100 feet
 North Cascade mountain.
Read more about the Church mountain trail and hike at http://www.wta.org/go-hiking/hikes/church-mountain
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Wednesday, September 1, 2010

Kayak Surfs up!

With only a few weeks left o' summer
Jim couldn't resist the calling of some bigger wave action.
So we packed up our toys (aka boats:)
and headed for the Oregon Coast.
From paddling with pelicans
under glorious sunshine,
to introducing new family vacation activities...
like SAND DUNE SURFING!
The Oregon Coast has somethin' for
paddlers of all skills & sizes!!
~Happy end o' season adventuring!~
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