🌀 Safety & First Aid… Training for open water crossing 10 Jan 201121 Aug 2026 Sean and I have an opportunity to go on a special journey in a few months. We are keeping it secret for now, but we will be giving you updates…
🌀 Safety & First Aid… 🛶 nocturnal kayaking 5 Jan 201121 Aug 2026 published in Canoe News, Summer 2011, Vol 44 No 2, p.6 Working at a college gives me the benefit of a two week vacation from Dec 18th to Jan 2nd,…
Events & Lectures slaying the water demon 23 Dec 201027 Dec 2010 The demon is dead. In the Spring of 2008 Sean and I were leading a group to Anclote Key. It was an overcast day and the water conditions were mild. …
Florida Kayaking 🎦 environmental Halloween movie 28 Oct 20103 Mar 2023 It is almost Halloween. The upcoming weekend is a time to have fun. It is a time to take our kids out trick-or-treating, carving pumpkins, go to costume parties, and…
Florida Kayaking A friend died Friday 4 Oct 20105 Oct 2010 I just got some tragic news that makes me realize just how short out time is. And how I need to make more of an effort to visit friends. Carl…
Community & Adaptive Programs… Taking kids out on a SUP 15 Aug 201021 Aug 2026 Sunday Sean and I took our kids out on their first Stand Up Paddleboard adventure. It was only 45 minutes long. I could write about how much fun we had.…
Kayak Instruction new paddling adventures 2 Aug 201021 Aug 2026 Well my paddling friend is out of town. Unfortunately, I am a bit envious because Sean planed to do some white water paddling on his vacation. I hope he got…
Florida Kayaking Going with the flow… 1 Jul 20101 Jul 2010 We are back doing trips in Florida! Russell at Sweetwater Kayaks has invited us to work for him in exposing the best parts of Florida kayaking to new paddlers. And…
Florida Kayaking Oil…not in my backyard 23 Jun 201022 Jun 2010 What will history books say about the Deepwater Horizon in the Gulf of Mexico exploding then sinking on April 20, 2010? How did the sinking of this oil rig and…
Community & Adaptive Programs… fathers’ day reflections 21 Jun 201021 Aug 2026 I thought I knew what love was. I read about it. Did some Shakespeare, when I was younger, that dealt with the topic. (yes I did some acting). But mostly…
Expeditions & Trip Reports… go fly a kite 15 Jun 201021 Aug 2026 This past weekend Sean and I paddled a part of our inter coastal water way. In the future the oil from the Gulf probably will kill everything around us. But…
Florida Kayaking oops, where is my paddle? 9 Jun 20109 Jun 2010 I had a great time helping out Venture Outdoors and Kayak Pittsburgh to safely get an estimated 1,700 to 1,800 boats out on the water to take part in a…
Florida Kayaking kayaking pirates invade Pittsburgh 6 Jun 20109 Jun 2010 Saturday I helped Venture Outdoors, Kayak Pittsburgh, break the kayak world record at the Three Rivers Point in Pittsburgh. I had the special pleasure of being a safety boat for this event. It…
Florida Kayaking saltwater fishing survey 3 Jun 2010 If you fish in the Gulf coast of Florida take a moment to help the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission with this survey. http://www.msuresearch.com/se.ashx?s=25113745184F7B1508CCD0A37C7DDBFC02
Florida Kayaking chasing tail and pinstripes 26 May 20103 Jun 2010 Monday afternoon I got a last minute invite from Tony to go out and spend the next 24 hours searching for tails and pinstripes. I jumped at the offer, (but…