Great Lakes Sea Kayak Symposium

Thanks very much to Bill Thompson from Downwind Sports to invite me to teach and speak at the Great Lakes Sea Kayaking Sympsoium! It was a pleasure to be at Grand Marais/ Lake Superior. It is a great place for beginners and intermediate kayakers to meet and to learn form each other!

There are hundreds of images uploaded on the symposium’s facebook website - just please have a look and browse through the great pics!

OZ Slideshow in Chicago

Thanks to Ryan Rushton from Geneva Kayak Center for organizing and hosting my talk, and thanks to Paul and his lovely wife Kim for hosting me for the night!

My shirt says:

“Women who behave rarely make history!”

So true…

OZ Slideshow in Rochester

Thanks to Ken (2nd right), Dave (2nd left) and the great crew of the Bay Creek Paddling Center for organizing and hosting my talk in Rochester!

OZ Slideshow in Boston/ MA

Thanks to Mark Jacobson and his team from Charles River Canoe & Kayak for organizing and hosting my talk in Boston!

OZ Slideshow in Essex/ Connecticut

Thanks to the crew from North Cove Outfitters (left) and to Phil Warner from ConnYak (right) to organize and host my slideshow in Essex!

And thanks to Carl Tjerandsen and his lovely wife Yolanda with their beautiful dog Rainy to give me a room in their house!

My youngest fans!

OZ Slideshow in Rhode Island

The talk in Rhode Island, organized and hosted by Jeff Shapiro from the Kayak Centre, was one of the very much perfect organized and prepared ones with a good turnout in a lovely (airconditioned!) venue. Thanks very much to Jeff and his nice crew!

Some of the many nice and qualified staff members: Kate, Jake, myself, Brooke, Emily – thanks to all!

Two New “Silver Kayak Lady’s Club” Members

I welcome two new elite members of the “Silver Kayak Lady’s Club”: Biff Wruszek, Margaret Mann

Members so far:

myself as the “founder”…the silver kayak pendant was given to me at my OZ trip start by Mark Sundin, Expedition Kayaks. It was my talisman all around the continent!

Karel Vissel, the one and only honorable male member of the elite woman’s club ) – he’s got the original one…

4th of July Firework on the Hudson River

Very impressive 40 min 4th of July firework (view on You Tube!) from six simultaneous firing barges on the Hudson River over Manhattan – the biggest one I’ve ever seen!

Private Fireworks picnic on the floating dock of the boathouse of the Manhattan Kayak Company: Biff Wruszek, Margaret Mann, Joe Glickman, myself, two local paddling ladys (sorry I didn’t get your names), Eric Stiller