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I grew up in the 90s canoeing Ozark streams, and they contain some of my best memories of Missouri. I finally got to get Katt there so she could see where I grew up, and how fun the Ozarks can be. They better be fun because it felt like a BLAST OVEN when we came … Read more
Another great weekend on the Clackamas River with great friends and perfect weather!! Been a great year for being on the water! Before this we went to Salmon LeSac and the weekend after we went to Missouri to float the Current River
This year we did our occasional annual family camping trip to Salmon LeSac Washington. We absolutely lucked out on the weather and lack of smoke despite raging fires nearby. Special shout out to Katt who arrived TWO days early to secure our campsite!! Thanks sweet love! Sadly this year the cousins missed Fisher and Ike, … Read more
Our neighbor told us that she loves Haller Lake because there are no motors allowed; perfect for paddle boarding! Of course we currently only have our canoe, so we drive the 12 minutes to the lake and were very happy with what we found!! What a great local treasure! We’ll come back with paddle boards!
I did something outrageous and surprised my friend Matt (not Mark) for his 54th birthday in Columbia Missouri!! Heather and I co-conspired on the trip!! April Float trip!! We got to do a long-time bucketlist item of mine, floating Cedar Creek which serves as the border between Boone and Callaway counties. I grew up caving … Read more
October 6th after work we dropped off the 4Runner at the Concrete Beach at Magnuson, and then loaded the canoe on the hilariously small Crosstrek to drive the few blocks down to our local Lake City Beach Park for a one-way paddle. This was the first year we paddled anything from Lake City, and the … Read more
Got a couple days of “SDP” in last week on Lake Washington! The winds had some waves going so there was no way I was going to try to stand up, not to mention having a 70-pound DEG on the boat with me!
I bought a canoe! $150 for this old 17-foot Coleman! I’ve only been on a canoe THREE times in the last 25+ years since leaving Missouri where we used to go canoeing in the Ozark’s almost every weekend. Just a few days later we took it for its inaugural trip on the Lake Sammamish “River” … Read more
Here’s the photos from our Courtois Creek float in 2023! (pronounced: KOH-DA-WAY or KOHR-DA-WAY) Matt, Jennie, Els and I camped two nights at BASS river resort, ending the float just a hundred yards from our camp! I slept in a hammock and we got to see lightning bugs! The shuttle driver (GRAPE, not Greg!) was … Read more