Brace and Roll at Juniper Park Pool

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 [...] Read more »

Seal Launch at Tetherow Logjam

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 [...] Read more »

Magic Coke Bottles

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 [...] Read more »

Kayaking on the Deschutes River

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 [...] Read more »

Bend Farmers Market

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 [...] Read more »