YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/gOZDYDI7tzw “For us, there is only the trying. The rest is not our business. ― T.S. Eliot Over the coming days I’m posting excerpts from the journal I kept during our recent Team River Runner Grand Canyon kayaking trip. I was honored to be chosen as one of the […]
Category: nature
News Coverage of our Grand Canyon Adventure
The Colorado Sun published a story about our Team River Runner trip, which included five blind military veterans kayaking the Grand Canyon. It offers good insights about our experience. At the end of the story there’s also a link to a heartfelt video by Iraq war vet Steve Baskis. “Post-traumatic […]
Team River Runner – Apostle Islands 2018
For the second year in a row, it was a pleasure to lead a Team River Runner kayak camping trip in the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore. Last week, 17 participants, (including nine military veterans, some with disabilities) enjoyed the spectacular beauty of this Lake Superior archipelago of 21 islands. SATURDAY, […]
Kayak Summer Camp: DCSKS
The annual Door County Sea Kayak Symposium (DCSKS) is always one of my favorite weekends of the year. This year the 15th annual DCSKS — my eighth as an instructor — was once again a sold-out event, with 170 paying participants, 30 instructors, a handful of staff members from Rutabaga […]
Idaho’s Salmon River Preps Us for the Grand Canyon
Today marks 65 days until our Grand Canyon Adventure! As I previously announced, I’m stoked to join Team River Runner this September as we guide five blind military veterans — four men and one woman — kayaking more than 200 miles on the mighty Colorado River. You can read more […]
Last Ice Paddle of the Season
Last evening (April 30) I paddled on Green Bay with kayaker friends Mike Stone and Jacob Tarlton. We wanted to paddle around the last big ice sheet remaining on the bay — right in front of my house — which required launching at Volks Landing down the street and paddling […]
Spectacular Beauty at Copper Falls
High waters of the Bad River and Tyler Forks River make for spectacular sights right now at Northern Wisconsin’s Copper Falls State Park. The two rivers flow through a gorge and drop over several waterfalls. I saw only one other visitor this past Sunday morning, possibly because ice made the […]
Ice in Motion
With today’s Winter Storm Dan moving into the Upper Midwest, wind pushed the remaining ice sheet on Green Bay to the south along the Door Peninsula where it piled up along the shoreline Tuesday morning. It was fascinating to witness the enormous power of the moving ice. There was open […]
Feeding Lionfish to Sharks
During our week of diving at St. Kitts last week, we had a close-up view as our divemaster speared lionfish (an invasive species in the Caribbean) and fed them to sharks to teach them to seek out the fish as prey. The lionfish invasion is considered one of the most […]
Grand Canyon this September!
It’s official! I’ll be joining the Team River Runner 2018 Grand Canyon Trip as a kayak safety boater, helping guide five blind military veterans in their kayaks down the mighty Colorado River! I am beyond stoked! Follow the link for more information about the trip, the people who are going, […]