By Vladimir Brezina
Ailsa’s travel-themed photo challenge this week is Dry.
As kayakers, we like Wet. We don’t like Dry at all!
“I don’t believe this!! There was water all the way up to these rocks yesterday!?”
Denial
Anger
Depression
Acceptance
(A day on Cape Cod Bay in 2011.)
Posted in Kayaking, Photography
Tagged Cape Cod, Cape Cod Bay, Dry, Low Tide, Massachusetts Sea Kayaking, Photography, postaweek, postaweek2014, Sea Kayaking, Tide, Travel, Weekly Photo Challenge
By Vladimir Brezina
We really can’t set off on this summer’s kayaking adventures before we’ve written up all of last summer’s!
So, here is the last of them.
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The previous days of our 2011 New England kayaking vacation (see here and here) were exhilarating, but by the same token just a tiny bit tense—although we had good conditions, they were exposed trips on which you can never really relax until you are safe home again.
In contrast, this leisurely trip on the protected, warm Cape Cod Bay was pure gold.
Tagged Cape Cod, Cape Cod Bay, Photography, Sea Kayaking, Seals
By Vladimir Brezina
That first glimpse of the sea instantly shows what the day will be like. The sea sets the mood.
That day at the beach may be just an ordinary Sunday at the seaside
or it may be stormy
or dreamy…
Posted in Nature
Tagged Amelia Island, Beach, Cape Cod Bay, Norfolk, Photography, Seashore, Seaside, Storm, Sunrise
By Vladimir Brezina and Johna Till Johnson
After returning from a week’s eventful paddling in Rhode Island and Massachusetts, Vlad is sorting through hundreds of photos and Johna is turning over the stories in her head. It will take some little while for the report to come together, but it will feature:
Long open-water crossings!
Exciting surf landings!
Unexpected encounters with low tides…
... kayaked the waters around New York for more than 15 years in his red Feathercraft folding kayak. He was originally from (the former) Czechoslovakia and lived in the U.K. and California before settling down in New York. He was a neuroscientist at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City. He died in 2016.
... is a kayaker and technology researcher at Nemertes Research. She's an erstwhile engineer, particle physicist, and science fiction writer. She was born in California and has lived in Italy, Norway, Hawaii, and a few other places. She currently resides in New York City.
 | CurlsnSkirls on The First Leg! |
 | Johna Till Johnson on The First Leg! |
| Johna Till Johnson on The First Leg! |
 | Marilyn Albright on The First Leg! |
| CurlsnSkirls on The First Leg! |
| Johna Till Johnson on Looks Like They Made It! |
 | Pit on Looks Like They Made It! |
| Johna Till Johnson on More Scenes From the Nort… |
| CurlsnSkirls on Halfway There! |
 | Larry Jensen on More Scenes From the Nort… |
| Johna Till Johnson on R2AK: Scenes From the Northern… |
 | Frank Winters on R2AK: Scenes From the Northern… |
| Johna Till Johnson on Halfway There! |
| CurlsnSkirls on Halfway There! |
| Johna Till Johnson on And They’re Off! |
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