Backcountry Kitchen 🦐 Recipe : Thai Wraps 25 Mar 201010 Mar 2023 1/2 teaspoon vegetable oil Dash of salt 1/2 cup instant rice 1 cup protein (chose one) peeled and de-veined cooked tiny bay shrimp 1 medium carrot, shredded 2 scallions, thinly sliced…
Events & Lectures… Incredible Sliding Tent! 10 Mar 201021 Aug 2026 Published on paddling.net http://www.paddling.net/articles/story84.html The unusual things make memories. Before paddling in the Florida Keys, my memorable stories of past events have been about rogue water features, the confused aquatic…
Gear Reviews… Kokatat Tempest pants gear review 7 Mar 201011 Mar 2014 For Christmas my wife asked Russell at Sweetwater Kayaks to special order me a pair of Kokatat Tempest pants with socks and relief zipper. I did not know about this…
Kayak Instruction ACA BCU instructor 4 Mar 201020 Aug 2026 Warning not all shops have trained instructors. I am not going to rat anyone out but there is a reason why I am writing this post. I wanted to bring…
Events & Lectures BCU L-1 3 Mar 201021 Aug 2026 Last week I completed the BCU L-1 Coach training. There are some differences in the training between ACA and BCU. The thing I found most interesting was the focus on…
Events & Lectures Symposium 1 Mar 201021 Aug 2026 The past week has been great. I had a lot of fun taking BCU L-1 Coach from Jen Kleck and Phil Hadley, and then co teaching with Greg Stamer. Sean…
Florida Kayaking 🎲 Hive: the board game without the board 5 Feb 20109 Mar 2023 There are a lot of great ways to relax after a day of paddling or backpacking... Recently I have joined a gaming club and one of the games we play…
Events & Lectures 2010 Sweetwater Kayak Symposium in St. Petersburg, FL. 17 Jan 201021 Aug 2026 Russell Farrow has invited me to participate at the Sweetwater Kayak Symposium in St. Petersburg, FL. The symposium begins February 18th 2010 and concludes on the 28th. On Sunday February 28th,…
Gear Reviews… Review: Forward stroke 15 Jan 201021 Aug 2026 Sometimes it is necessary to take a class after we buy a new piece of gear to add to our kayak kit. A good friend and student of mine recently purchased…
🌀 Safety & First Aid… Kayak elbow 10 Jan 201025 Aug 2026 A recent student just got a new paddle and discovered that they had kayak elbow. What is kayak elbow? It is like tennis elbow, BlackBerry Thumb, and cell phone elbow. …
Expeditions & Trip Reports Day 6 9 Jan 201022 Aug 2013 This is our last day on the water. It has been a great time being apart of this historical river. It has given us plenty of time to reflect and…
Expeditions & Trip Reports Day 5 8 Jan 201022 Aug 2013 It is New Years Eve and we are approaching our last night on the water. We left Peacock and paddled to Adams Tract River Camp.
Expeditions & Trip Reports Day 4 7 Jan 201022 Aug 2013 We slept in today and treated ourselves to a large brunch before we started paddling today. We paddled past Charles Springs and Lafayette Blue Springs. And ended the day at…
Expeditions & Trip Reports Day 3 6 Jan 201022 Aug 2013 Today would be our long day on the river. This was our coldest night. Sean and I were a little uncomfortable during the night. It had to be close to…