LIQUID ADVENTURING

Adventures on, under and around water

2017 Images in Review

2017 Images in Review

It’s New Year’s Eve so it must be time for a Liquid Adventuring year in review. Three outdoor themes stand out for me in 2017: 1. Stepping up my whitewater kayaking skills on new-to-me rivers out East; 2. Mary and I becoming motorhome owners; and 3. Being named a brand ambassador for TRAK Kayaks. Here’s a month-by-month look at some of our favorite Liquid Adventuring memories of 2017.

JANUARY

Naturally formed pyramid of ice on the Bay of Green Bay

 

FEBRUARY

Fishing shack on the frozen bay near Dyckesville, Wisconsin

 

 

MARCH

California Grey Whales. Story here
A walk along Dana Point Marina, California
Navigating Horse Race Rapids on the Peshtigo River, Wisconsin. Video here
Punching a wave at Port Washington, Wisconsin. Video here

 

APRIL

Approaching Five Foot Falls on the Peshtigo River, Wisconsin. Video here
Showing off my “folding” TRAK Kayak. I became a TRAK brand ambassador this year. Story here

 

MAY

Mary and me on Lake Michigan near Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin

JUNE

Team River Runner boaters on the Lower Youghiogheny River, Pennsylvania. Story and video here
Ropes training at the Team River Runner leadership conference in Pennsylvania

 

JULY

At “Week of Rivers” in the Smokey Mountains of North Carolina where it rained every day. It was also sunny every day. Story and video here
The Wisconsin gang as we prepared to paddle the Nantahala River, North Carolina

 

Annual Team River Runner weekend at Wausau, Wisconsin

 

TRAK Kayak brand ambassadors display boats at the Door County (Wisconsin) Sea Kayak Symposium

AUGUST

Safety briefing before a Team River Runner kayak camping trip in the Apostle Islands of Lake Superior. Story and video here
Team River runner rescue practice on Sand Island, Apostle Islands, Wisconsin
Dry and warm on Sand Island
Taking in the view of Lake Superior from the north end of Sand Island during our TRR camping trip

SEPTEMBER

My TRAK Kayak loaded with camping gear off Rock Island, Door County, Wisconsin. Story here

 

 

Start of the Wolfman Triathlon. Three miles of whitewater kayaking, 13 miles of mountain biking, 3.5 mile rugged trail run
One of the river crossings of the Wolfman Triathlon
First road trip in our Winnebago View Profile. Badlands National Park. Story here

 

Happy to make it back to the trailhead before dark. Badlands National Park.

 

 

 

A climbing hike in the Black Hills of South Dakota

OCTOBER

Sunset, Green Bay, Wisconsin

 

NOVEMBER

Cormorants, pelicans and gulls gather before migration

DECEMBER

Bald eagles on frozen ice as the bulk carrier Calumet Harbor passes by
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