Early in the year I made my first trip to Black Canyon on the Colorado River below Hoover Dam. A magical time! BC Story http://www.sandmarks.net/Ring.html BC Photos http://www.sandmarks.net/BC/Black%20Canyon%20Thumbs1.htm I spent quite a few days hunting Blue whales off of Dana Point and had one amazing photo op! Blue Whales http://www.sandmarks.net/WhaleThumb/WoeisMe1.htm Got a visit from a paddler from Australia, Jacqui Stone who came to visit SoCal. Having lived in Australia for a year as a kid, I really enjoyed hearing her stories about my old haunt. Got to show her my home waters and take her out about the town a bit! Photos http://www.sandmarks.net/JacquiUpOver.html I joined three friends for a paddle to Catalina, where we had a whole beach to ourselves at Goat Harbor. To have such solitude just 20 miles from LA seems unimaginable! I also had a great trip to Santa Cruz Island in our nearby Channel Islands. It is another amazing spot for kayaking, hidden so close to LA. That and just a lot of ordinary good times with friends! As my friend Duane said recently, ever year kayaking seems so good, you think the next year can't come close, but some how they always seem to get better! Mark Sanders On 1/6/2011 6:02 AM, Kirk Olsen wrote: > Now that 2010 is over does anyone have any high points, from a paddling > perspective, to share? *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Thu Jan 06 2011 - 07:27:56 PST
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