Here I sit, freshly returned from Grand Marais this year. Josh and I headed up to do some paddling in the U.P. but we weren’t officially attending the Great Lakes Sea Kayaking Symposium. We did get to hang out with some people though, and as a result may be going… Continue reading
I’m not sure of the exact date at the moment, but sometime in mid July, Todd and Linda had organized a kayaking trip to Lime Island in the UP / Canada. The plan was to get to the launch around 5:30 on Friday evening and head over to the Island… Continue reading
Last weekend I had a chance to add a new island to the kayaking repertoire. Doug, Callum and I had been to South Manitou a few years back. This time, Todd and Linda were making a quick trip to the North island. The trip was fist planned a week earlier,… Continue reading
And, less than a week later, I have filled the existing space with crap. WMCKA‘s having their winter pool sessions now. Josh and I went to the first one on Saturday and as a result I had gathered the kayaks. I had forgotten that on our last trip of the… Continue reading
I just returned from the GLSKS up in Grand Marais, MI. It was a highly successful weekend, as judged by me. Doug and Corrina headed up early Wednesday on Doug time – meaning they left about 1:00 in the afternoon. I didn’t want to take the day off just for… Continue reading
Josh’s wife was out of town at a food science competition for the weekend and I guess most of this week. That meant that Josh had a burning desire to get out kayaking. So we did. Saturday Josh, Doug and I headed down to East Race for some man made… Continue reading
Last weekend was the annual Western Michigan Coastal Kayakers Association symposium. It runs from Thursday evening through noon Sunday and is pretty much two full days of various classes, events, talks and socializing with other semi-local kayakers. Since Doug and I started kayaking in ’05 it has kind of marked… Continue reading
The weekend of June 10th and 11th, Jeff, Oren and I loaded into Oren’s Range Rover and headed down to Slippery Rock PA for some white water action. We were joined there by Todd, Linda, Kathleen and Denis. The weather upon arrival was a heavy rain, which was a joy… Continue reading