OAR NorthwestOkay, 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 […]
The sky in La Push and much of the Washington coast is a bright white. The sun seems to shine even brighter through the haze. Large sea stacks of dark rock dot the coast and are dominated by James Island, a fortress like formation of dark rock toped in trees that protects the entrance to […]
The North American Open Water Rowing Championships were a great time. Open water rowing is a very warm and friendly community and I want to take some time to thank the two guys who put the event together: Steve Wells of Evergreen Rowing and Port Townsend local, rower and shipwright Steve Chapin. These two guys spearheaded […]
My first time on the open ocean with my new brothers at OAR Northwest was horrible and wonderful at the same time. There was a lot more suffering than I had anticipated, and a very different type of suffering than what I experienced while training for the Olympics. The physical pain was less acute. The […]