OAR NorthwestDecember 7 — Get up to surf. Eat a quick breakfast. From the Surf camp come Nejma from Nice, Cole from Adelaide and Conner from Dublin. Today we go to Gorée Island. Traffic through Dakar on this Friday is atrocious, but the novelty of being in Africa, Senegal, and Dakar has not quite worn off. Vibrant murals cover […]
Narrow, maze-like streets between four and six feet wide crisscross the tiny island of N’Gor. Markus and I ran, circling the island perhaps two or three times getting lost and found at every intersection before rounding random corners to find a view of the ocean. Well manicured front doors and neatly swept paths give way […]
I looked outside the cabin window at the stars above the clouds over the Atlantic, and imagined I was in a giant lawn dart lobbed on a great circle from DC to Dakar. We beat the sunrise to Senegal. Customs, baggage claim, men eager to help with bags, our polite declines took us outside. Markus […]
I get a huge kick out of taking the ocean rowboat to boat shows. Nothing quite like comparing sumptuous yachts to our stout and tiny rowboat. In fact, our vessel actually came with a disclaimer warning us it was not a pleasure boat, but built specifically for rowing oceans — as if that wasn’t obvious. […]
My brother Doug and I rolled through Skagit Valley toward La Conner at dawn. Six hours ago Dr. Eric Grossman, AKA Dr. Surf of the USGS, had invited Doug, Greg and myself last minute to Canoe Journeys. This is an annual Native American event that has happen annually in the Salish Sea since 1989. A […]