Posts filed under "Talking Story"
Advice
It’s four in the morning and I can’t sleep. I’m sitting in front of the computer, looking ahead to the Olympic Grand Circle, next year’s planned circumnavigation of the Olympic Peninsula. It’s been done once before, that I am aware of, and I am hoping to do it in one continuous loop next July. Jordan […]
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Olympic Outdoor Center is moving…
… and they’re having a party. The long-time Poulsbo kayaking stalwart announced its move to Port Gamble a while back and the day is almost upon us. September 26th, right in the middle of the Port Townsend symposium, and so close by. If you are one of those who has made the trip out to […]
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Mid-September
From a kayaker’s standpoint, September is the transition month. If you are a casual kayaker, one of the solar-powered paddling dilettante set, it is the end of “kayaking season,” whatever that means. (After all, it’s not like eating season is over when you put the barbeque away.) For the 12-month paddler, September brings the time […]
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In the fog
I’ve always liked photos of sea kayaking in the fog. Perhaps it is the image of confidence in the face of confusion, the audacity that comes when skill and boldness are joined together. Or it could be that I am taken with the idea of being able to navigate the unknown and the unseen, not […]
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Flat
Flat. Like a manhole cover, an Ashlee Simpson tune, or the proverbial pancake. We came to the Straits in search of waves, but the waves were somewhere else. A let-down at first, after having come so far, but it allowed me to see what else was here. What was left, once the waves had been […]
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Always here, sort of
An article on the editorial page caught my eye this morning (Damn that Sunday paper!) Columnist Leonard Pitts writes about the possibility that it may no longer be an option to be completely off the grid. Out of touch. To light out for the territories. He spends part of his article commenting on a piece […]
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Bowron Lakes report is up
Finally. I know, I know. Jackie Brown’s account of this summer’s Flag Expedition is up on the Azimuth Expeditions web site. It’s a good read about a classic trip. Thanks to all who went and to JB for sharing the adventure with us. I wish I could have gone.
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Win some, lose some (part II)
A month or so ago I mentioned that the Strawberry Island campsite in the San Juans was closed. I’ve been there since the closure and although the island is still there, still beautiful and perfect, the camp sites have been erased. Fire rings and picnic tables have been removed, as have the two outhouse buildings. […]
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Work
If it were possible to go entirely without sleep, I’m not sure, even then, that I would have enough time to get everything done. Packing for the Oregon Coast this weekend, getting gear ready for the last San Juan trip of the year (next week), and a full schedule at the shop. What I don’t […]
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Headin’ for a hoedown
The third annual Hobuck Hoedown is scheduled to take place on October 3-4. It is a kayak surfing contest and paddlers gathering that happens at Hobuck Beach on the Makah reservation, just six miles south of Cape Flattery. Dave King, from Olympic Raft and Kayak, is one of the organizers, and info on registration and […]
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A story of sea kayaking and science on the rugged coast of Alaska. Coming – Spring 2014.
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