When people see us on the river, they always assume we are a school … at a minimum there are 5 paddlers, at most there are 10! We try to balance our days with fun (epic) paddling for the older kids and fun (and safe) paddling for the younger kids. I can tell you, paddling with us is a blast … we can make the easiest Class II river fun for the expert and we can take the stress out of a tough paddle simply by laughing at me!
Susie Kellogg
The New 2013 Jackson All Star Goes Huge
Grady has been competing in the new Jackson All Star during the World Cup Series … he loves it — it goes bigger than any other boat before it and it doubles as a pretty sick river runner for easy Class IV’s and below. He’s ordered a new one in his own custom color! Read … Read more
Living in an RV – A True “Finding Yourself” Endeavor
A rough day for both boys in the 2nd World Cup Series Competition has seen us going through all the typical array of emotions: shock (how the hell did I score so low), Anger (what the eff, are they blind?), Frustration (I dunno what the hell is going on), and finally Perseverance (I’ll KILL it next time).
2012 ICF Freestyle World Cup Competition; #1 Rock Island
The first World Cup in the Series was in Rock Island, TN and it was, hands down, the most organized competition we’ve ever competed at! There were 3 days of competition and each day there was water only during a certain number of hours, so everything had to run smoothly to get all the events in and it was as perfect as could ever be hoped for. To simply be here at this event is crazy exciting, there is so much adrenaline, so much excitement, and, for us, so much unknown!!
Freer Than We’ve Ever Been!
Earth provides enough to satisfy every man’s need, but not every man’s greed.–Mahatma Gandhi
In the midst of our travels we’ve met so many different people from different walks of life. People of different religions, people of different political persuasions, people with small families and people with large families, friendly people and un-friendly people have all crossed our paths. We’ve also traveled through large cities and small rural towns, we’ve seen overtly rich people and overtly poor.
Addictions, Not Always a Bad Thing!
So we’ve been at the beach for 1 week and it was the best full week ever. There was minimal fighting, sand, salt and wind swept kids who crashed the minute we returned to the RV, and total utter fun and relaxation. We’d get down to the beach around 10 am and not return to … Read more
You Can Judge Me!
I read the BEST blog the other day, it was fun and funny and totally a tongue-in-cheek, laugh at yourself blog — which, by the way, is my specialty! The basic premise was that moms love to judge other moms, we raise ourselves by scoffing at others.