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 […]
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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 […]
Team River Runner Returns to Wausau
During Team River Runner’s annual whitewater event at Wausau Whitewater Park July 16 & 17, we advanced our on-the-water skills, safety and learned more about the healing power of personal achievement. Here are my video and photos. A big thanks to Mike Schroeder and Wayne Meverden for the additional footage […]
TRR Tennessee and North Carolina kayaking
On a recent trip to Tennessee and North Carolina with a Team River Runner crew we did some whitewater kayaking on two rivers: the Nolichucky and the French Broad. River levels were low but immense fun. Cohen (from the Minneapolis TRR chapter) and I traveled to Johnson City, TN where […]
TRR’s Apostle Islands Sea Kayak Camping Trip 2021
“Apostle Islands will forever hold a special place in my heart and soul. Sea kayaking with veterans of all levels teaches me so much about what life is really about. Thanks to TRR for showing and teaching me that service to others, especially veterans, is the key to happiness.” – […]
Two Years After: Grand Canyon Kayaking with Team River Runner
(I wrote this yesterday but our internet was down so I’m posting a day late.) September 1 marks two years ago to the day that our Team River Runner crew, including five blind military veterans, set out on the mighty Colorado River for 12 days of adrenaline-pumping kayaking through the […]
2019 In Review
I made my share of mistakes this year. I hope you did too. As I begin my sixth year of blogging as Liquid Adventuring, it’s once again time for each of us to make a decision. We can choose to pass through another year on cruise control. Or we can […]
Team River Runner – Apostle Islands 2019
It was my third year to organize and lead our Team River Runner kayak camping trip in the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore, Sept. 14-19, 2019. This year 12 participants, (including eight military veterans with disabilities) enjoyed spectacular weather, paddling, camping and hiking in this kayakers’ paradise. For some it was […]