Paddling Lake Chelan: The Third Deepest Lake in the United States With a maximum depth of 1,486 feet, Lake Chelan is the 3rd deepest lake in the United States, and the 9th deepest in the world. The 55-mile long, glacier fed lake is less than 2 miles wide at it’s widest point. Roads extend less [...]

The Second Annual Anacortes to Bellingham Race. Brandon and I have been taking a break from paddling and training after an intense spring racing season. But, when it appeared we were both going to be in town for the famous A to B adventure paddle…we decided we couldn’t miss it. The A to B race [...]

Molokai Training Paddle: Circum-Lummi Island Getting on saltwater for a long paddle almost always adds a level of challenge over lake paddling, not unlike the difference between going for a road run vs. a hilly, muddy trail run. With Molokai just around the corner we wanted to push ourselves a bit, so on Thursday when [...]

After a fast paced 29-mile Molokai training paddle Friday with local ‘lead pack’ paddlers Don Kiesling and Brandon, I was looking forward to a fun, relaxed-pace 20-miler with Shaun Sullivan (Kiteboarding in Baja, Feb 10 2007) and Larry Goolsby on Saturday. We decided to start from Marine Park in Fairhaven, head out 6-miles to Eliza [...]

Molokai Training Paddle: Circum-Fidalgo Island I have always wanted to paddle around Fidalgo Island, a strategic 35-mile paddle. (29-miles if you take out the slog through the mudflats between Cap Sante and the Swinomish Channel Boat Launch) Planning the tides just right are the crux of the circumnavigation. Deception Pass becomes a roiling class 5 [...]

Snow Day… I awoke March 1 to find a beautiful, fluffy fresh layer of snow on the ground. On days like this…training is easy! In fact, it calls for a play day! First, I grabbed little Chili for our daily aerobic workout. A run in the hills on the trails of Galbraith Mtn. Chili lives [...]

I knew my 30-mile birthday paddle in the bay was in jeopardy when I woke to find a fresh coat of snow and a stiff SE wind. The thermometer hanging by our front door read 26 degrees. None-the-less, I packed food, hydration, and drysuits, while Brandon – good husband that he is – dutifully loaded [...]

The Canada to Cabo 2002 Legacy lives on… On August 1 of 2000, Brandon and I set out from the border of Canada and Montana on our mountain bikes. For 90 days, we cycled the Continental Divide through Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado and New Mexico. Then we cut across Arizona and dropped into Baja, Mexico, [...]

Kiteboarding in La Ventana, Baja… Brandon and I, and 7 great friends spent 10 days this January at Baja Joes in La Ventana getting a fix of sun and fun. La Ventana is the epicenter of kiteboarding in Baja. As the day warms, winds from the north funnel through Cerralvo Island and the mainland. The [...]

Paddle, Run, Plunge!!! EPIC New Year’s day in and around the water. What could be more appropriate than bringing in oh-seven with a surf session — especially one that included Rick Lingbloom’s inaugural surf outing — followed by an “Arctic Plunge” at Lake Padden! The truth is, it didn’t really start to blow until we [...]

WISHING YOU A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS AND ADVENTURE FILLED NEW YEAR!!! Christmas Eve on Mount Baker, Washington Christmas Day on the Oyster Dome on Blanchard Mountain. Bow, Washington. Chili, admiring the view of Puget Sound…wishing he was a kayaker But, settling for some whitewater! Merry Christmas!

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