After Team River Runner’s recent multi-day trip on the Main Salmon River, some of us took advantage of a bonus day on the Payette. Big thanks to TRR’s Boise chapter coordinator Bob Tracy and his fellow Boise, Idaho volunteers for hosting us that day. Here are descriptions of this section […]
Category: kayaking
Salmon River with Team River Runner
A fantastic week on the Main Salmon pursuing the Team River Runner mission: To provide all veterans and their families an opportunity to find health, healing, community purpose, and new challenges through adventure and adaptive paddle sports. August 2023. Here’s my video…
Ocoee River with Team River Runner
Cohen R. and I recently drove to North Carolina for our first visit to the annual #TeamRiverRunner SE Rendezvous. We were treated to good food, new friendships and two days kayaking the Nantahala River followed by a day on big water of the Ocoee. It was a tremendous event with […]
Busy Kayaking Season
It’s been a busy spring and summer of kayak instruction; both whitewater and sea kayaking. And the busiest part of the season is still to come. I haven’t posted lately so I’ll play catch-up now about some of the events to date… SCOUT LEADER KAYAK TRAINING, June 5-8 I’ll start […]
Red River Dunks
My first paddle day in the Midwest this season after kayaking in the Southeast US earlier this year. Apparently I’m still shaking off some winter rust. And yes that should be “CFS” for Cubic Feet per Second, not “CFI”. I shot the drone footage right before we launched our kayaks.
New Canoes and Other Temptations
A few days ago I rode along with friend Dan (@ongreenbay) to pick up his new canoe, a beautiful H20 Canoe Company Prospector. He ordered it from Umingmaq Paddle Touring Center, located a few miles west of Westfield, in Central Wisconsin. I had heard about Umingmaq but I hadn’t been […]
Learning to Fly
After flying a cinematic-type drone for about a year, there’s a new addition to my “fleet”– a DJI Avata drone, which takes me into the world of First Person View (FPV) flying. The video below is my first attempt at combining two passions — kayaking and FPV drone flying. Let […]
Chilly Peshtigo River Kayaking
It was a chilly day but the river level was as high it’s been since last spring so we had to go.
Clean-up and Fun on the Wolf River
On a chilly 35°F day we spent about 4-1/2 hours on the river picking up bottles, cans, flipflops, and other trash on Section 4 of the Wolf in the Menominee Reservation in Northern Wisconsin. Here’s footage of the named rapids. In hindsight I should have shot more of the trash-gathering […]
How I Manage Diabetes While Kayaking
I’ve been an insulin-dependent diabetic since 1995. During that time, I’ve gone from using syringes and vials to insulin pens, which was a big step up in convenience. But by far my best upgrade in diabetes care has been going on the Dexcom continuous glucose monitoring system. My passion for […]