Member of the Club

I joined the Chicago Kayak Club today.  (I took a class with them last year and had a blast.)  More training and kayaking adventures coming soon.  Woo hoo!

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Can you get there from here? Part II: Whittier

  In June this year, I took an Introduction to Sea Kayaking lesson from Chicago Kayak in the calm, delightful, and little-known Skokie Lagoons.  It was fabulous.  I learned about equipment, practiced a few strokes, and survived an overpowered hip snap that unexpectedly turned into a 360 degree roll, a wet exit, and a T [...]

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