Finally, after almost two years, I’m getting some time in the cockpit of a whitewater kayak. This past Thursday I participated in Alder Creek Kayak and Canoe Shop’s “Brace and Roll” class. Taught by members of Alder Creeks staff at Bend’s Juniper Park Pool, the Brace and Roll class is the perfect place for newbie [...]
This past weekend I was out with the crew from Alder Creek Kayak and Canoe shop in Bend, and Geoff Franks busted this great seal launch just below Tetherow Logjam on the Deschutes River. I did my own seal launch just a few feet downstream from here where the bank of the river was only [...]
Last month I posted about magic coke bottles, and received a comment asking for the secret. There really isn’t a secret, it’s all about balance. Glass coke bottles are some of the most distinctive soda bottles ever devised. The hourglass shape combined with a series of ridges around the bottle make this trick possible. The [...]
Last weekend my niece Joanna Ridgeway came to town for a visit, and we went kayaking on the Deschutes River. No white water on this trip, just a pleasant paddle upstream from Alder Creek Kayak and Canoe Shop to the Bill Healy bridge. This section of the Deschutes is backed up by a low damn [...]
It’s June and the Farmers Market is here. Every Wednesday in Drake Park a ton of local growers assemble to sell their produce to the locals of Bend, Oregon. This takes place half a block away from my apartment, and I’ve been looking forward to it since arriving in Bend in January. The supermarkets already [...]
Last month I flew back to Louisiana to stay with my Dad while he recovered from surgery. So I returned to Bend at the end of May, and it is such a gorgeous place. That evening I took a short walk through Drake park along the Deschutes river. In the month I was gone the [...]
