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TRAVEL TIPS The World Awaits. Paul Otteson. A great book about extended backpack travel. Safe Travel This is now my sixth year traveling in the winter. There are many ways to do things but here are some of the useful … Continue reading →

PHILOSOPHY OF TRAVEL In retirement, as in life, we all travel different paths. Everyone seems to have their own plan. Surprisingly, I don’t meet anyone with a plan similar to mine. Some stay in their hometowns all year taking a … Continue reading →

KOOTENAY LAKE  SLOCAN LAKE ARROW LAKES PEND OREILLE CANYON Seven Mile Dam Reservoir  Kayaking in freshwater may seem dull for the average sea kayaker. The differences are the lack of tides (and thus tide pools), marine life, and the swell … Continue reading →

EDGE CONTROL Using your body to tilt the kayak onto its edge is fundamental to balance, stability, and the basic skills of turning and bracing. Part of learning edge control is finding the line that marks the transition between a … Continue reading →

KAYAKING:THE FORWARD STROKE Need to develop initially a powerful high angle racing – style stroke that is modified and “dialed down” to an “effortless” low angle touring stroke. Can choose a stroke style that matches the conditions. Common to all … Continue reading →

Kayaking and food means not having to worry much about weight. Kayaks are essentially spacious floating coolers. Food lasts a long time. This allows much more variety than backpacking. I often take frozen meals from home for the first few … Continue reading →

KAYAK LIST Packing. Heavy items go low and concentrated to the middle close to the cockpit. Pack light items in the ends: a heavy bow will cause your kayak to veer to windward, a stern heavy boat will veer downwind; … Continue reading →

Queen Charlotte Islands (Haida Gwaii). Guided trip with Ecosummer Adventures 1992. Stayed at a B&B in Sandspit and then took a Beaver south to Rose Harbour in Stuart Huston Channel separating Moresby and Islands. With a group of 6 and … Continue reading →

FAVOURITE BOOKS RECENTLY READ AND PAST FAVOURITES The last read book is at the bottom. A * indicates highly recommended books. *Edward Abbey – Desert Solitaire, The Monkey Wrench Gang, Hayduke Lives! (ecoterrorism gone mad). Confessions of a Barbarian (selections … Continue reading →

ABOUT ME I was born in Assiniboia, Saskatchewan in 1952, the third and last son. Both my grandparents had homesteaded in southern Saskatchewan. The original Perrier arrived in Canada in 1665 making me a tenth generation Canadian (actually eleventh on … Continue reading →