Canoeing Willapa Bay for geology

Canoeing Willapa Bay for geology

After painting her a lovely green color using traditional marine enamel from Kirby Paints, I volunteered to help with a geology field trip to look for tsunami deposits in Willapa Bay with a professor at the University of Washington. It rains a lot in Willapa Bay. A...
Building oars the Cape Falcon Kayak way

Building oars the Cape Falcon Kayak way

So my friend Rolf grew up in New Hampshire and he knows how to paddle a canoe. I didn’t, and I don’t, so when I’m alone in the canoe I find I’m more comfortable with a double-bladed paddle and paddling like a kayak. This canoe in particular is...
A wonderful man gave me a canoe

A wonderful man gave me a canoe

So my wife was good friends with Dick Worthington, and when he was downsizing he decided to give us a canoe if we promised to give it a good home. Not one to look a gift horse in the mouth, I hurried over to find a lovely solo Wenonah Prism in kevlar with all-wood...