Time to get back to the grind.

How do I summarize an entire summer in a blog entry????

Late evenings around the old silo/campfire talking the big issues with the CRK crew.
Living out of a tent at back of Ginni's veggie plot for two months.
Paddling all night on the Columbia River by full moon.
Being snuck up on by barges.
Paddling solo.
Paddling with the best.
Fresh-picked food.
Goat-meat on the BBQ.
Friends.
Bureaucrats.
Sturgeon.
Brown Pelicans circling overhead.
Puget Island.
Rides to town.
Reading the County Eagle over pancakes with blueberries.
Hammock in the Cotton-woods by the river.
Cotton-woods groaning in the breeze, crashing in the wind.
'Sweep' Stroking.
The sheer grace and beauty of a stern or bow rudder.
"Big Salty Hugs".
Osprey, Red-Tailed Hawks, Eagles, Great Blue Herons, y 'los Vulturas'.
My guardians, advisors and prophets - The Barn Owls, Raven, and the flock of Canada Geese that came to me when I most needed them.
A Canoe ride in the slough.
Admiring Sedum on the cliffs.
Sea Lions.
Romanys... Romanys... Romanys... Tassie!
Swinging the big paddle.
My new shortie GP paddle - Thanks Don!
Cape Kiwanda, pea-soup fog, big Pacific swells, chunky wind-waves, navigation by ear, compass, and watch.
Surf rolling in rolling surf.
Feeding 'the girls' every morning. Cluck cluck cluck...
Sunflowers.
Swinging the big hammer.
Elochoman Valley.
Elk, brake fast!
Raccoon roadkill, braked, not fast enough.
Deep Brown Cavatica at the Fort George.
The Pelican at Pacific City.
Salmon Burgers and ten questions at the Wet Dog.
The Blue Scorcher.
Standing waves, breakers, and dumpers. Green shoulders.
Clif Bars, Three Geeks all-fat Yoghurt, Northern Gold Granola, King Oscar Kippered Herring(s).
Black Panda Licorice.
Kale and eggs for Brekkie.
Raspberries, Blueberries, and Blackberries.
Cathlamet, Skamakowa, Astoria, Ilwaco, Seaside, Cannon Beach, Pacific City, Manzanita...
North Jetty, South Jetty, Jetty A, Jetties period!
Roaring Wing-dams.
Red Right Returning.
Lewis and Clark ate horse and dog... I read it on a sidewalk so it must be true.
Slow-motion rolling in the Columbia at sunset.
Embaressing post-roll nasal drain. Heh heh heh sorry :")
Avocado, Pineapple, Mango.
Misunderstandings.
Connections.
Assumptions.
Business.
Friendship.
Bourbon from the blue bottle.
Fresh nightly breezes through my tent door.





...to be continued - obviously.


Time on water - ever and forever

A day in the Chathams

Went for a great paddle with ~T to the Chatham Islands. Had a very calm and relaxed day. Thanks ~T for a day of shooting the shiz - I needed it!

Time on water - 5 hours

Anglesey slideshow

Home again - home again - home again

Packing up for the trip home tomorrow. Was a great summer. Thanks to all who made it such a great experience!

~daniel~

Took Patrick's Greenlander Pro for a burn.

This thing absolutely rocks - don't think I've ever been in a kayak with this much top-speed on tap. Handles like it's on rails too!

Time on water - 4 hours

Paddle around Puget Island

Went for a leisurely paddle around Puget Island. Lots of stops to enjoy the view and play in the wind waves.

Time on water - 6 hours

Playing in the wind waves under the Cathlamet-Puget Island Bridge

Needed a paddle ;O)

Time on water - 4 hours

http://www.seakayaker.nl/Journal/index.html#

A few links

http://www.seakayaker.nl/Journal/

http://www.seakayaksymposium.co.uk/

...ouch

One out of four passed... I wasn't the happy one. Ah well - there's always Anglesey this winter!

Time on water - 8 hours

BCU 4* Sea Leader Assesment

...ouch

Time on water - 8 hours

Final 4* BCU Training Hours

Five more hours on the water with Axel. Cape Dissapointment, Wakiki Beach.

Time on water - 5 hours

Been awhile

Seems I've been working dawn to dusk for weeks now... lots to do in order to get ready for LoCo. First-aid and CPR course done today, farm and event prep-work tomorrow, Level four training all day the day after, prep work the rest of the week !6th and 17th are my assesment/s. More work for the rest of the week.

Levi and I managed to build a complete 28'x20' building for the group kitchen from flat earth to finish, including slab in 9 long days!

Haven't been on the water for a short while and really looking forward to getting out in rough conditions tomorrow, hopefully we get to launch out at the coast so I can get some more surfing in... I'm wanting to try bigger big stuff now ;O)

Well gotta run!

~d