All Posts Written by "ken"
A New one on me
The Paddle the Shores weekend… have you heard of that? I consider myself to be relatively well informed when it comes to paddle sports events around the Pacific Northwest, but perhaps it’s time to reexamine that consideration. It seems there’s this paddling-centered weekend out in Ocean Shores in September, on the same weekend that used […]
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In the middle
The glow of the rising sun is starting to paint the eastern sky. Still well below the horizon line, but it gives itself away early. Hard to hide when you’re a star, I guess. The crescent moon hangs above the dawn like an ornament. With the coming day, the lunar sliver will fade into the […]
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Swamping
It could be that I am spending too much time worrying. Then again, it may turn out that I have not been worrying enough. It’s all about the navigational difficulties that are going to make up the initial phase of this summer’s trip. Route finding isn’t a big concern anywhere along the 425-mile course of […]
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Wet
There was a flood watch issued last Wednesday for the Skokomish. The rains that we’ve been having lately look more like what we’d get in November of January than normal for June, which instantly brings the Skokomish to the fore. Because the snow is melting in the higher elevations, the rivers are already running fairly […]
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Single track
When I was driving home from Crescent Beach last week, I noticed a sign on the side of the highway near the Elwah that flagged the start of the Olympic Discovery Trail, Adventure Route. I have seen it before, but I never clicked the mouse enough to see what it is all about. Now that […]
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Reaching for perfect
There have been times, out on the trail or kayaking on longer trips – more often than not, actually – when I have had too much crap with me. Rarely have I had too little. With that said, I have been close to the bone on a few occasions, and that is not a good […]
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Back on the soap box
I’m not sure if it’s the ongoing debacle in the Gulf that has made me more sensitive to the state of the water around us, but there is more going wrong out there than one spewing oil rig. The visuals of the BP nature-rape are compelling, certainly, but trash – especially plastic detritus – is […]
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Freight
When the subject comes up of long-distance voyaging on a SUP, I usually get asked something along the lines of, “How can you carry enough gear?” It’s a legitimate question, one I’ve been trying to answer for myself for quite some time. After all, the answer is not immediately obvious. There are no storage compartments, […]
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Of monuments, memorials and memory
I think people often confuse Memorial Day with Veteran’s Day. It’s easy to straighten that out. Remember, Veteran’s Day is a day in honor of all who served; Memorial Day is for the ones who didn’t make it. All gave some. Some gave all. That is a staggering thought. Consider also: a memorial is an […]
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A story of sea kayaking and science on the rugged coast of Alaska. Coming – Spring 2014.
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