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.~

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Neah Bay Winter Getaway

For the 4th year in a row we enjoyed
escaping to where the roads end in the very farthest
Northwest corners of our beautiful
Washington state
for our annual
Neah Bay *winter* Getaway...
Every year we so look forward to these four days when
we get to hike our favorite coastal trails
along beautiful boardwalks
visit the special site of an old Makah village,
explore miles of untouched Pacific Coast beaches,
share sunny picnics on cold winter days...
and paddle in open ocean waters!! 
This year we were super stoked to
launch our tandem Nootka Plus from
the Neah Bay marina

and head about 5 miles down the Strait
around Cape Flattery
to Tatoosh island where we found
some nice 4 to 6 foot Pacific Ocean swells 
to ride back in half the time on!
With abundant wildlife constantly
surrounding us- at least 100 bald eagles,

families of sea otters, deer and
more keeping us company everyday
on our blissfully remote land & sea adventuring....
Exploring. Photographing. Learning. Laughing we go....! 
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