Paddling through the city is a completely different experience than kayaking in the wilds of nature. Kayaking is one of our favorite adventures, but it isn't all that often that we have an opportunity to paddle through an urban setting. During my trip to Milwaukee...
Kayaking is always one of our favorite adventures, and we try to get out for a paddle any chance we get. So, when we were road tripping through the Southern Finger Lakes region and had the opportunity to hop in kayaks for an afternoon, we...
As we launched our kayaks into the calm waters, we marveled at the peaceful setting that unfolded in front of us. The deep blue water contrasted sharply with the neon green algae floating on the lake’s surface, while sandstone bluffs poked out through the thick...
I hadn't been this giddy in quite some time. I'm not sure if it was the sight of crystal clear turquoise waters that twinkled under the sun or the fact that we were out paddling again, this time with rocky mountains and glaciers towering all...
Kayaking is always one of our favorite adventures--we love spending time on the water and kayaks are typically our top vessel of choice. We've paddled down rivers, on the ocean, in lakes, and through Florida's mangroves and intracoastal waterway. This time around, we were in Virginia...
Our goal for the day was to catch a glimpse of the orca whales that frequented the waters around Washington's San Juan Islands. Our transportation of choice? Kayaks. We woke well before the sun did to make our way out to San Juan Island. Since we...
After an early morning wake up call, we made our way to the River Runners base camp, pulled on our wetsuits, donned a pair of booties and slipped into a water blocking jacket in order to keep warm. We were assigned the same raft as a...
The morning air was cool and crisp as we floated underneath a canopy of trees. Located in western Wisconsin, the Kinnickinnic River, or Kinni for short, is a 22 mile long river, and we were paddling a three-hour portion of the river. We had purchased a...
Minnesota isn’t called the “Land of 10K Lakes” for nothing—in fact, there are actually more than 10,000 lakes throughout the state. Also, Minnesota has more shoreline than Florida, California and Hawaii combined! All of this means that growing up in Minnesota equates to spending the...
To continue on with our adventures off the strip, our next activity was kayaking the Black Canyon in the Colorado River. The Black Canyon is located south of the Hoover Dam, so the water is nice and peaceful due to the controlled output from the...
Twisting and turning our way through, we arched back to skim under the low hanging trees. As we maneuvered our kayaks carefully towards the other side of the mangrove cluster, I wondered if we were on the right path. The path we chose, was indeed...
The minute we got off the bus and saw that we were the only ones doing the rafting trip in a two person canoe, we immediately started to question what we had gotten ourselves into. The other 16 or so people on our tour were...
