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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Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Jones island Equinox 2011

This past weekend 15 PNW watertribe friends
gathered via kayaks, power and sailboats
 on the last day of winter for their annual
Jones island Equinox campout celebration...
10 travelled a distance of over 40 miles under
 human power in bigger than forecast winds
and strong full moon tides.
3 sailed from La Connor.
5 more, including kids & dog, came in a
power boat from Anacortes.
 And the other 7 brave pirate paddlers departed
Fidalgo island shores for the long haul,
a 23 mile Salish Seas paddle across a big &
messy Rosario Strait, then on through
beautiful inner island channels to
 rendevous at a favorite campsite...
To laugh, hike, eat, drink and be merry
together on a remote island
around a campfire, sharing delicious food
and tales while frollicking under a Super full moon
in 'Natures Disneyland'...
All so we could wake up and do it all over again!-
Getting soaked, surfing, cold,
windblown, blistered, chaffed
and totally spoiled by rugged island
wildlife on another amazing San Juan island
adventure paddle journey back home!
Here's a short video of the weekend highlights...;)


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Monday, March 7, 2011

From Burrows to Baker

The first weekend in March
brought blissfully warm,
springlike weather for us
to playfully paddle
around several San Juan islands
on Saturday morning
before switching gear,
and snowboarding all day Sunday
at Mount Baker!
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