Tales of my explorations of local lakes and South Puget Sound by kayak.
Friday, June 19 My friend and I have been talking about kayak camping for more than a year. But something always came up. A few weeks ago, however, we decided to go for it. We would spend four days, three nights kayaking and camping on Lake Roosevelt in eastern Washington.…
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Saturday, May 23, 2020 Fred and I planned to meet up Saturday for some kayaking. We wanted to go some place new, so we had decided on Olympia’s Boston Harbor. However, he texted me Wednesday night: there was a change of plans. We were going to meet up with a…
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Sunday, December 15, 2019 I got a text from FH Friday afternoon. The Eddyline factory up north in Burlington was having a huge clearance sale in preparation for moving to a larger space. For one day only, prices were slashed as much at 70 percent. We’ve both had our eyes…
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September 14, 2019 This was my first kayaking trip with the Washington Kayak Club, which I joined shortly after moving to Olympia. The beginner-friendly day trip had options for a ten-mile out-and-back paddle, or a longer 12-mile paddle. I invited a friend, Fred, along on the trip. We met at…
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August 7, 2019 Yet another beautiful day in the Pacific Northwest! I swapped trucks and headed out to Pattison Lake as soon as I got off work. Dragonfly was already secured to the roof of the Sport Trac, with all my gear loaded in the back seat. It was all…
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Friday, July 26, 2019 This was my first visit to Lake St. Clair. I joined another MeetUp gathering, this time for kayaking and paddle boarding at Lake St. Clair on a stunningly beautiful Friday afternoon. There were only four of us today–three on paddle boards, and me in my kayak.…
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Sunday, July 21, 2019 I woke up early Sunday morning to absolutely fabulous weather. Not a cloud in the sky, and not even a hint of wind. Hmmm. It was also high tide. I knew that because I had checked the tide tables the night before. I’ve never kayaked in…
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Wrestling with loading it by myself for the first time and its maiden voyage A couple of weeks ago, I purchased a fiery red Inuit LiquidLogic 14.5 kayak I saw listed on Craigslist. I met the seller in the pouring rain just south of Yelm. I inspected it pretty carefully,…
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