Around the Great Lakes

My SKUK/NDK Explorer’s seat is 1/4″ to the port on the back and 1/8″ to the starboard on the front. To take it out or not to take it out? # The bigger question: Is the kayak twisted? Tried leveling via hatch rims assuming they’re in level means the boat is twisted significantly. # @CampWildGirls [...]

Day 10: Paddling along a long lonely beach lined by leafless trees and beached driftwood. Even the wind blows bittersweet today. # @canoelover Sounds good. In theory Agawa should be Sept. in reply to canoelover # @familyonbikes Thanks! I had hours today to compose that in my head. in reply to familyonbikes # Wind bound [...]

Day 4: Gooseberry sucked me in. took pictures & thinking of staying. Bigger than I thought. 2-3 ft waves. # Spent all day learn about CCC history at Gooseberry State Park, MN. Amazing stone buildings. # On a compass heading into a fogbows pot of gold until Two Harbors lighthouse took over. # Day 5:Duluth! [...]

Wish I had time to learn more about solo outrigger canoes. They look so fun. Next year. http://bit.ly/2fbxg # spring kayak outfitting / the strong smell of vinyl bond / in the air #haiku # @Openocean Love the lay-up they have going on. Sweet looking canoe. I’m definitely going to find somewhere to try these [...]

Twitter is going to be an important part of the expedition. I’m planning on using the good cell phone service surrounding much of the route to post tweets to Twitter, which will in turn show up on this website or for anyone following me via Twitter. The easy part of this is I can simply [...]