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What Kayaking Adventures Lie Ahead ?

Trips in the Planning Stage

  1. South Florida Kayak Camping - Ten Thousand Islands (Everglades NP), Flamingo (Everglades NP), Biscayne Bay NP, Long Key, and Little St. George Island (Big Bend area of Florida Panhandle).  Trying to put together a series of 3-4 day kayak camping trips that cover many of the places where I day paddled on my last Florida trip. About a 3 week trip total. Planned for February 2004
  2. Western Lakes - Yellowstone Lake and Lewis/Shoshone Lake (Yellowstone NP), Lake Jackson (Grand Teton NP), and Flaming Gorge Reservoir (Green River).  Some kayak camping and some day trips.  Maybe a few day trips in some of the Colorado mountain lakes. Aug/Sept 2006
  3. Northern California - Crescent City, Klamath River Delta, Humbolt Lagoons, Silkyone Wilderness, Mendocino coast, and of course Monterrey Bay.  Hopefully a stop in McKinleyville to visit with Dick Wold and try out a couple of his surf kayaks. Aug/Sept 2005
  4. Maine - Acadia National Park and the Maine Kayak Trail.  Not much details on this one yet.
  5. Veracruz - Winter trip down to Mexican Gulf Coast.  Also not many details on this trip yet. 

Trips I Dream About But Probably Will Never Take

  1. Kenai Fiords NP/Prince Willaim Sound (Alaska)
  2. Glacier Bay/Admiralty Island (Alaska)
  3. Vancover Island (British Columbia, Canada) - Hopefully a chance to paddle with Doug Lloyd
  4. United Kingdom and Ireland - Hopefully a chance for some training at the Anglesy Sea Kayaking Center in Wales

Some Goals I Hope to Accomplish

  1. Paddle around Corpus Christi Bay in one day.  Its about a 40 Nm tirp.  Once I did a little over half of the trip in about 10 hrs.  20+ mph headwinds for the last couple of hours nearly did me in.
  2. Paddle the entire Texas coast - I originally wanted to do it in one continuous trip, but now I just want to paddle all the various sections at least once.
  3. Paddle 2000 Nm miles in a year.  I am going to make 1000 Nm in 2003. 
  4. Get my BCU 3 Star certification

Some Skills I Want to Master

  1. An off-side sculling brace -  On the on-side I can lay in the water for several minutes, but I lose it after a few sculls on the off-side.   Update: As of summer 2004 I am doing sculling braces on both sides.  Still need some work but reliable enough to use for cooling off on hot days.
  2. A Greenland Storm Roll -  The roll where you come up leaning forward with your palms facing down (ie in a low brace position).
  3. A true bottom turn - A surfing manuver where you come straight down the wave and then turn back more parallel to it catch a long ride  I really want to learn linked cutbacks, but I think I'll have to get a surf kayak before I can master that.
  4. A re-entry and roll.
  5. A half-paddle roll -  Capsize, remove half of spare paddle from storage, and roll back up.
  6. The hand roll -  The Holy Grail of my rolling quests.

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