Picture provided by SeattlePI.com.  Since there’s not much going on on the visible front for OAR Northwest until October – there is a bunch going on in the background, most definitely – I thought I would give some insight into who I am and what I’m doing while waiting to row the Atlantic Ocean. For [...]

Seven thirty am was far too early to arrive on the water to float about at that most quintessential of northwest summer events: Seafair, with its culmination of its events: the hydroplane races and the Blue Angles.  It was cloudy, cool and threatened drizzle.

Rick exclaimed after a dinner of fish and chips at the “One Eyed Crab” that he would pay up to $200 to stay in a hotel that night.  He only had to pay eighty and to the four of us the two double beds seemed to be acres of mattress compared to the boat.  Morning [...]

I will let Rick go into detail about seasickness, how to suffer and hopefully prevent it at a later blog.  For the sake of narrative it picked up as we left Destruction Island.  Nighttime on a small boat is a disorientating experience. Combined with the effects of the first few days of sea the mix, [...]

Well. I am now 10 days into my journey of fatherhood. I have done a lot of fantastic things in my life, but becoming a dad is by far the coolest thing that has happened to me so far. Coming out of the child birth experience, I now have a deeper respect for the female [...]

A hearty congratulations to teammate Adam Kreek & his wife Becca on their brand new baby boy!  Born Thursday 7/22/10 at 12:20 a.m., the new tyke comes in at a lean 4106g (about 9lb) & 52cm (20.5in) but already appears to have well-formed deltoids and lats, prime boat moving muscles.  No official word yet from [...]

Recently we heard from one of our new friends in La Push about the Coast Guard helicopter crash just between the mainland and James Island.  This is very sad news.  We would like to share our condolences. It turns out that Darryl Penn, the man who graciously helped us out in La Push, and another tribe [...]

The raised landmass of Destruction Island is shaped somewhat like a comma when viewed from above.  Sholes extends in either direction for a great distance.  It looks like a huge clawed hand was scraping this part of the Pacific coastline and missed this part.   From a distance it looks like a green tabletop eighty feet [...]

Okay, folks… we admit it… we love Facebook.  Seriously, what an awesome way to throw photos & links up to the world, chat about our trips or adventure thoughts, and connect with an audience that wouldn’t have otherwise found this website.  Plus, in our drive for sponsorship, the more fans we have, the more leverage [...]

Darryl Penn is the head of the Quileute Marina here at La Push.  His tiny office seems to serve as a place of gossip, social gathering, and information center as much as it does marina business.  I assume he gets stressed but he’s not inclined to show it.  I did see him thank a young [...]