...it was Soooooo hotttttttt I had to.
...and more paddling!!!
Latched onto another course with Super-Karl, master of the weather and bearer of the righteous compass. Heh!
Got up at 4am -drove four hours to Pacific City waaaaayy down the Oregon Coast, paddled close to totally blind in some seriously big seas - drove five hours back up (too late for Puget Island ferry) and staggered to my tent at 12:30am.
We were into five star stuff... and it was FAN-FREAKIN-TASTIC!!!!
Paddling by compass, watch and chart, in 8-10 foot seas with one to two foot wind waves on top of that, through pea-soup fog, visibilty less than 100 feet.
Played in the surf for awhile at the end of the day doing self-rescues, re-entry and rolls in the breakers, kayak dumping and cowboy re-entries. Oh yeah, surfed backwards, forwards and sideways, just for kicks of course ;O)
Stopped at Manzanita to watch the most amazing sunset, drove to the top of Neahkahnie mountain to watch the beautiful colors of the dusky sky while eating my supper, and traveled the rest of the way home in the dark. Manzanita is a very beautiful place. Possibly the nicest sea-side town on the Washington and Oregon coasts. Nice clean surf too!
Another 6 1/2 hours of 4* training... only four more to go to meet my required pre-req...
Tomorrow it's my Foundation Safety and Rescue Course with Ginni. Luckily it's here at Slow Boat Farm so I won't have to to travel far... walk across the road with my kayak and splash!
~d
Time in four star training - 6 1/2 hours
Time on water - 6 1/2 hours
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