It’s New Year’s Eve so it must be time for a Liquid Adventuring year in review. Three outdoor themes stand out for me in 2017: 1. Stepping up my whitewater kayaking skills on new-to-me rivers out East; 2. Mary and I becoming motorhome owners; and 3. Being named a brand ambassador for TRAK Kayaks. Here’s a month-by-month look at some of our favorite Liquid Adventuring memories of 2017.
JANUARY
Naturally formed pyramid of ice on the Bay of Green Bay
FEBRUARY
Fishing shack on the frozen bay near Dyckesville, Wisconsin
MARCH
California Grey Whales. Story hereA walk along Dana Point Marina, CaliforniaNavigating Horse Race Rapids on the Peshtigo River, Wisconsin. Video herePunching a wave at Port Washington, Wisconsin. Video here
APRIL
Approaching Five Foot Falls on the Peshtigo River, Wisconsin. Video hereShowing off my “folding” TRAK Kayak. I became a TRAK brand ambassador this year. Story here
MAY
Mary and me on Lake Michigan near Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin
JUNE
Team River Runner boaters on the Lower Youghiogheny River, Pennsylvania. Story and video hereRopes training at the Team River Runner leadership conference in Pennsylvania
JULY
At “Week of Rivers” in the Smokey Mountains of North Carolina where it rained every day. It was also sunny every day. Story and video hereThe Wisconsin gang as we prepared to paddle the Nantahala River, North Carolina
Annual Team River Runner weekend at Wausau, Wisconsin
TRAK Kayak brand ambassadors display boats at the Door County (Wisconsin) Sea Kayak Symposium
AUGUST
Safety briefing before a Team River Runner kayak camping trip in the Apostle Islands of Lake Superior. Story and video hereTeam River runner rescue practice on Sand Island, Apostle Islands, WisconsinDry and warm on Sand IslandTaking in the view of Lake Superior from the north end of Sand Island during our TRR camping trip
SEPTEMBER
My TRAK Kayak loaded with camping gear off Rock Island, Door County, Wisconsin. Story here
Start of the Wolfman Triathlon. Three miles of whitewater kayaking, 13 miles of mountain biking, 3.5 mile rugged trail runOne of the river crossings of the Wolfman TriathlonFirst road trip in our Winnebago View Profile. Badlands National Park. Story here
Happy to make it back to the trailhead before dark. Badlands National Park.
A climbing hike in the Black Hills of South Dakota
OCTOBER
Sunset, Green Bay, Wisconsin
NOVEMBER
Cormorants, pelicans and gulls gather before migration
DECEMBER
Bald eagles on frozen ice as the bulk carrier Calumet Harbor passes by
