Ocean

Oregon is known for its beautiful, rugged coastline. If you really want to see it from a unique view, grab your kayak.

A Kayak, The Ocean and Oregon - A Perfect Match

When you’re thinking about taking your next vacation, why not make it one that you’ll always remember? Trips where exciting outdoor activities are featured always make a lasting impression, and kayaking is a great sport for the whole family; it provides exercise, outdoor fun and scenic views. One of the best spots in the United States is Oregon, which makes a great spot for your next adventurous vacation.

Sea kayaking involves paddling a kayak, a small boat with a covered deck and sometimes a spraydeck (a waterproof cloth covering for the boat’s opening to prevent water from reaching the kayak’s passengers). Sea kayaks are built with sea going in mind, meaning that they are able to carry enough supplies, such as camping gear, food and clothing, for longer trips of up to weeks at a time. Additionally, sea kayaks can hold up to three passengers for their sea going adventures - so a small family can even go in the same kayak!

When deciding to go sea kayaking, Oregon makes a great choice. This state offers many different companies that teach the techniques needed in order to go out on the open water with your kayak, as well as companies that lead tours from various points on the coast of Oregon. One such company is Kokopelli River Guides, based out of Ashland, Oregon. This company offers river tours, white water rafting trips, sea kayaking tours and kayaking schools and lessons - all in the beautiful settings of Oregon.

Here, you can learn many of the skills you’ll need to have a successful sea kayaking trip. The Sea Kayaking Basics class, which is held regularly at Emigrant Lake, near Ashland, is the perfect way to start your sea kayaking journey. The class, which assumes that you have no prior sea kayaking experience, provides all of the equipment needed for you to learn how to do this sport. The American Canoe Association provides certified instructors for this class, and you’ll learn kayak safety, how to paddle and use a kayak, as well as kayak navigation.

Kayaking in Oregon is a blast and a great way to get a unique perspective of the coastline. Be sure to bring your enthusiasm and be prepared to learn a lot about this outdoor activity, because once you get started, you’ll be sure to want to continue practicing the sport of sea kayaking.

Rick Chapo is with NomadJournalTrips.com - providing plenty of kayak information.

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Who’da thunk it! Yup, this Biker Chick climbed up on the back of that motorcycle, plopped on the helmet, plugged in the heated vest, cranked on the stereo and boogied on down the coasts of BC, Washington, Oregon and Northern California with my husband on the bars. I now know the feeling of “Biker Butt”! But it was soooo wonderful (not the Butt, the trip).

Having the September sun, rain, wind, temperatures and fragrances surround me while we cruised the highways, played among the Redwoods, drank in the sight of the endless ocean and rugged coastlines gave me food and time for contemplation after the loss of my Mum in May.

We know that if the natural order of things unfolds, we will experience the loss of our parents. It is only when this happened to me that I was hit with the reality that I was now the “front line”. There was no one ahead of me. I was now THE matriarch of the family.

And it struck me…. what will be my legacy?

Everyone leaves one. So let’s define “legacy”. I think of it as what did your existance teach? Now we can teach through negativity or positivity. We can all think of infamous people, well known or not, who have left a negative legacy. However, that can be a second hand positive legacy because we learn from their actions what we DON’T want to repeat. For me, I choose a positive one. If you strongly believe in what you do and you create it, people will believe in it just as much as you do. And if it works really well and you make a difference, you turn lives around. That’s a positive legacy.

So there, on a motorcycle, among the awesome power of God’s great gifts to us on Earth, I realized that I was already living my legacy and I silently promised my Mum that I would continue to do so each and every day. I know she is proud of me.

What will be your legacy?

(c)Copyright Lynn Moore 2006

Lynn Moore is a Life Coach specializing in Personal Empowerment. Especially for those struggling with work/life balance. As she wears the hats of woman, wife, mother, grandmother, daughter, aunt, sister and Life Coach (among many other “headdresses”), she provides “A Gentle, Consistent Toe to the Tush inspiring you to create change.” You can access much more information/inspiration by visiting her Angel in Army Boots website at http://www.CoachAngelBoots.com.

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