2007 paddling

Let's hope there's more to this year's paddling season than there was last year.

made it to the Toronto Islands, finallymap_icon

If you set the bar low enough, anything is a victory. So huzzah for me, for finally making it to the Toronto Islands in my whitewater kayak. As the (no doubt) avid readers of my blog (hi mom!) have already learned, I've had a couple of false starts in getting ...

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lame, lamer, lamestmap_icon

Another disappointing day on the water. I decided to take the (whitewater) kayak over from Cherry Beach to the islands. But the winds were just enough to create some waves that were pushing the boat around and sending water over the hull. So the thought of getting over to the ...

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Sad Little Man, Tiny Plastic Boatmap_icon

So last weekend I decided that since I wasn't getting any whitewater paddling done, I'd at least get some exercise on flatwater. I still had my roof rack on the car, so I slapped the Wavesport EZ on and headed down to Cherry Beach. It's kinda pathetic to be a ...

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Elora Gorge, June 30 2007map_icon

Other than my easy paddling day on the Don River, I hadn't managed to get out paddling this year. Hey, cut me some slack, I had to jet down to Chile for a while. Life is hard, I know. Anyway, I decided that since it was a long weekend and ...

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