http://worldkayakblogs.com/kayak4ever Adventures of the Over 40 Kayaking Crowd Mon, 11 Aug 2008 15:59:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Tim and I had to take last weekend off from paddling because he was on call for work and we had many home projects that needed attention. But yesterday we were free to head to the river, so we loaded everything up to head to the Ocoee in Tennessee. It's ... http://worldkayakblogs.com/kayak4ever/2008/08/11/jaw-scrapes-part-of-the-learning-curve/ In my last post I talked about how one of my strategies to work through nerves at the put-in is to tell myself I can paddle any section of the river I want, even if it means taking out after the first rapid. For me, on the Ocoee, this ... http://worldkayakblogs.com/kayak4ever/2008/07/28/how-little-things-add-up-to-a-great-day/ Yesterday was the second weekend in a row I've paddled the Ocoee. That makes seven times I've paddled it this year. Every time Tim and I go, I'm happy to be headed to the river, but every time we're about 15 miles from the put in I start feeling anxious. ... http://worldkayakblogs.com/kayak4ever/2008/07/28/working-through-nerves-at-the-put-in/ 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 ... http://worldkayakblogs.com/kayak4ever/2008/01/02/i-can-hardly-believe-itim-going-to-try-wildwater-racing/ 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 ... http://worldkayakblogs.com/kayak4ever/2008/01/01/starting-the-new-year-right/ Tim and I went to the Nantahala River yesterday to meet a bunch of boating friends from Ohio. At the end of the day we were in the NOC parking lot getting ready to head home. That's when I noticed the car in this picture. I thought, I've seen ... http://worldkayakblogs.com/kayak4ever/2007/08/06/meeting-worldkayak-people-offline-on-the-river/ 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 ... http://worldkayakblogs.com/kayak4ever/2007/07/28/my-brother-tries-kayaking/ 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 ... http://worldkayakblogs.com/kayak4ever/2007/07/21/kayaking-and-life-priorities/ The drought in Georgia this spring and summer has caused most natural flow rivers to dry up. The whitewater boaters I know in the Atlanta area are mostly entertaining themselves on dam released rivers like the Ocoee, Cheoah, Nantahala, and Pigeon, and the whitewater park in Charlotte (none of which ... http://worldkayakblogs.com/kayak4ever/2007/07/14/finding-rivers-during-a-drought/ Tonight I went to the roll practice that Atlanta Whitewater Club (AWC) has every Wednesday night. It's always a good time to see kayaking friends and play in the water on different skills. Roger coordinates this roll session. He said he thought there were around 15 people there tonight. Got ... http://worldkayakblogs.com/kayak4ever/2007/07/11/met-another-cool-kayaker/