This weekend Gretchen and I went out for our capstone event of the Intro to Sea Kayaking class we've been taking through the Alaska Kayak Academy.
We paddled about 6 miles around the Passage Canal, of the Prince William Sound, launching our boats from the small town of Whittier, nestled in the Kenai Mountains of the Chugach Range, about 7 miles on the other side of a tunnel from Portage.
The best part of the class was paddling a variety of boats, using an assortment of paddles, really giving us a taste for the technique and equipment of this sport.
During our 7 hour paddle, we saw Bald Eagles, flocks of thousands of Sea Gulls, Sea Otter, Porcupine, even a Black Bear.
It was a great day, and now we're graduates, ready to take on expeditionary sea kayaking around the Alaska waterways.
We paddled about 6 miles around the Passage Canal, of the Prince William Sound, launching our boats from the small town of Whittier, nestled in the Kenai Mountains of the Chugach Range, about 7 miles on the other side of a tunnel from Portage.
The best part of the class was paddling a variety of boats, using an assortment of paddles, really giving us a taste for the technique and equipment of this sport.
During our 7 hour paddle, we saw Bald Eagles, flocks of thousands of Sea Gulls, Sea Otter, Porcupine, even a Black Bear.
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