Boofin' across America
Earlier today I received an email from my mother warning me not to look directly at the solar eclipse. Wow! Was she ever right… No I didn’t look at the sun trying to see the eclipse. I pointed my camera at the sun and took a picture. Thanks Mom, good advice is always appreciated. Love [...] Read more »
Life was good. Just over a month ago I purchased an awesome van, and outfitted it for this summer’s road tri. After having my mechanic in Bend check it out we did about $1400 worth of work to make sure it was ready for the road. We fixed a leak in the intake manifold, replaced [...] Read more »
Stuck in the Mud by the Carson River, a set on Flickr. Out on the road things happen. Sometimes they just happen because they do, other times it’s because we’ve done something stupid. Last night I did something really stupid. I got myself stuck down by the edge of the Carson River. Dirt roads and [...] Read more »
Reno Whitewater Park, a set on Flickr. Spent the afternoon paddling in Reno’s whitewater park. Had a great time with some cool people! Read more »
My brother David came up with a great concept about leaving on road trips. Probably works for other things too. It’s pretty simple. He leaves on “Robert time.” In other words we leave when everything is finished, and everyone is ready. No rushing to meet arbitrary time schedules. I had planned to leave Tuesday morning, [...] Read more »
All the planning and preparations are finished (mostly), and it’s time to get this summer show on the road! First stop Reno, Nevada to play in their storied whitewater park on the Truckee River! The inspiration for this trip came from last year’s stop in Vail at the Teva Mountain Games, and in Lyons, Co [...] Read more »
Lets recap last summer’s road trip. What began as a simple trip out to Arkansas for our tri annual family reunion turned into an incredibly awesome summer full of new kayaking adventures across the United States. Here’s the blow by blow! Teva Mountain Games in Vail, Colorado. Paddled in the down river sprint on Gore [...] Read more »
Kayakers travel from all over the world to come ride this amazing feature in Glenwood Springs, Colorado. It’s the only man made whitewater feature on the entire length of the Colorado River, and it’s amazing fun to watch or to paddle. My first experience with the Glenwood Whitewater Park happened in 2008 as I was [...] Read more »
A few years ago I moved to Bend, Oregon because I wanted to pursue a lifelong interest in whitewater kayaking. Initially I thought my great joy in this sport would be river running or creek boating. Dropping down a nice set of rapids over ledges, between gigantic boulders seemed like great fun. It is great [...] Read more »
The Bend Paddle Trail Alliance has been working with the Bend Parks and Rec district and the City for a number of years to pull down the old timber era spillway at Colorado street to make passage safer for recreational users of the river. In the process of removing a dangerous obstacle the plan would [...] Read more »