Site Archives Atlanta/GA

I can hardly believe it…I’m going to try wildwater racing!


USAWildwater is bringing a training camp to Atlanta January 26-27 and I’m going to be there…on the river…in a WAVEHOPPER!!!
The first time I saw a wavehopper was two years ago at the Lower Yough in Pennsylvania watching the upstream race that was part of the Falls Race weekend. I stood on a big flat rock [...]

Starting the New Year Right


Where did the fall of 2007 go? Somewhere amid work, family, and - yes, actually getting to paddle - I got out of the habit of blogging. I miss it. So I’ll jump in here to note how happy I was to get to get to paddle with my husband today. Just the two of [...]

Flood of New Kayakers Coming?


Yesterday’s New York Times had a feature about whitewater kayaking. One of the paper’s reporters, Harry Hurt III, traveled to the Nantahala Outdoor Center (NOC) in western North Carolina to take a two-day lesson on the Chattooga and Nantahala rivers. Read the article and see a fun 7-min. video that shows the reporter’s trip over [...]

My brother tries kayaking!


My brother Jonathan came for a visit this past week.He got in a kayak for the first time and tried his first wet exit.

Jonathan has always loved water sports…surfing, canoeing, and last year he tried ocean paddling on a sit-on-top kayak. He’s never paddled a whitewater kayak, though. For an intro experience, we headed [...]

Kayaking and Life Priorities


Today is a gorgeous day in the southeast. A beautiful sunny day that’s not too hot. A perfect day to be on the water. I was supposed to be on the river today. Tim and I packed the car last night for a weekend of kayaking and camping with friends in North Carolina and eastern [...]