Sleek surfski’s and light weight paddle blades slice through the water silently as the sounds labored breathing and the occasional bumping of paddle-on-paddle, boat-on-boat or paddle-on-boat fill the air. It is  Wednesday Night… and I am surrounded by my race posse having an awesome time! There are 7 of us, and we are in our [...]

2010 San Juan Orca Challenge Fundrasing Kayak Race ALL HUMAN POWERED CRAFT WELCOMEDate: Saturday, Sept. 11thStart: 10amLocation: Start/Finish at Washington Park, Anacortes (camping available)Distance: Approx. 15.5 miles / 25 KmCourse: Start WA Park, continue down & around Deception Island and return. Strong rip current potential. Experienced paddlers only.Course Description: This year’s race will start in [...]

Last Saturday, surfski racers Traci C. and Tracy L came up from Seattle to check out one of our local favorite paddles; the 20-mile circumnavigation of Lummi Island.We started our adventure at the Lummi Ferry Terminal. The Ferry Terminal is the starting spot for many a paddler heading out to explore Lummi Island or the [...]

***Click HERE to read our latest article in Adventures NW magazine… *** GO FAST: 100 Tips for Ski to Sea With Lots of help from some of the Pacific Northwest’s most passionate racers “Ski to Sea, the ‘Bellingham Olympics’, irrefutably the greatest multi-sport relay race the world has ever known…. No matter what division you’re [...]

Bahia De Concepcion Lighthouse in Loreto… watch that first step! (That door is about 2 stories up!) Kisses! Full Moon reflecting off the water Baja Full Moon Fish Village 1 year-old Carlito and his Mama Look what Papa taught me! Evening by the campfire Pelican on the beach Mission San Javier A few locals loving [...]

How is it camping on the Baja beaches with a less-than-year-old baby? It’s literally wonderful … as in full of wonder… a total awareness-amplifier.The birds, the sand, the sea life, the people… everything is an exciting new curiosity. Everything is something to point out or touch or taste. If it were just Brandon and I, [...]

Despite its smattering of 5-star hotels and plethora of $6 a night, sea-side palapa rentals, where vendors bring by piping hot tamales and fresh papaya every morning, and one can’t help but think, as juice drips from the chin, “I wonder what the rich are eating this morning?”, despite these and countless other manmade luxuries [...]