It is a little early to be coming up with year-end totals – there are still a couple of months to go.
I don’t track miles, but I do keep track of all my trips. So far this year I’ve done 42 trips with 15 flatwater, 13
whitewater, 11
sea kayak and 3
tripping. My 10-year average is 54 trips/year. I got a slow start in January and February due to a death in the family, so I’ll be below that average this year. Estimated miles is around 330. 10 nights out camping.
I do have objectives – they don’t really change year-over-year.
Keep practicing with my new sea kayak – I need to get out on more level 3 trips (defined by my local club as 15 knt winds, 2-3 foot waves, surf and beach landings)
I did get out in my
sea kayak, but it was pretty much all in protected waters during my
summer vacation. I didn’t really get out in any open-water or exposed conditions.
Do more camping – I’d like to get back to the Allagash, or maybe the St. Croix or the Bonaventure, or the Maine Island Trail in my kayak.
Still working, so this one is kind of tough. I did get out for a spring trip on the on the
Baskahegan, and a fall trip on the
Allagash. We usually do an overnight on a local river the weekend between Christmas and New Years, so I may get out for one more night. I’d love to get to the St. Croix next year, and do some camping on the Maine Island Trail in my sea kayak.
Keep paddling whitewater - as long as my knee holds up.
Did a fair amount of
whitewater paddling, and purchased a new boat –
Millbrook Outrage.
Get back to the Dead – always a great trip.
Finally got back for a
run on the Dead – first time back since COVID. It was a blast.
Practice rolling – I’ll keep including it until I do it – maybe in the sea kayak.
Didn’t do this one, and never do. Maybe I am just getting too old.
I‘ll get a few more trips in before the end of the year, but we really do need some rain.
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