Learning is fun!

Learning is fun, especially when your school is on the water. Here are a few photos of a sunset during a sea kayak trip two summers ago in Halibut Cove, outside Homer, Alaska.
Tom Pogson, who runs Alaska Kayak School, is the closest thing I have to a kayaking sensei. We worked in the tidal rips, practiced edging, paddling refinement, navigation and rescues. We all had a very fun time.
This was in May of 2006, and there was still frost appearing on the roof of my tent in the morning. It was cold, and I was thankful that I had brought a sock for my sleeping bag.
Needless to say, we wore some heavy fleece under the drysuit. This kept us nice and warm while trying to rodeo back into a kayak in 51-degree water. This last summer, we were out again on a similar trip and practiced rescues in fast current. Skills refinement and practicing rescues are activites that you can never be too proud to engage in.