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Up the Creek Meet & Greet
I traveled back in time to when the native Hawaiians lived here centuries ago, growing taro and ʻuala (sweet potato). I could picture them fishing for oʻopu in the stream and bay, as well as in the surrounding fishponds. I could envision the taro terraces, stone walls and ancient footpaths that still mark the landscape today.…
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Around Ka‘ena Point
Stan scanned the wave swells behind me and told us to hold on tight. After a swell or two, he yells to Sandy ahead of us to, “GO! GO!” Stan and I waited another 15 seconds. He turns to me, “You go! GO!” We all churned that ocean to safety.
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Double Roughwater Swim 2024
I totally enjoyed it and had a blast! This was my first time escorting a swimmer. I would definitely do it again! We were a little nervous, we both did not do an event like this before. My swimmer, Wes, said don’t sweat it, let’s just wing it! I smiled and said let’s do this.
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Turtletown Paddle
It’s turtle time! On a cloudy, breezy morning, thirteen of us intrepid kayakers, led by Eileen Helmstetter, set out from Kualoa Point hoping to see some honu. We were joined by many of the ‘usual suspects’: Vice President Bill Murphy, Sandy Johnson, Tim Sawyer and Ben Burgess along with first-timers Westin and Siri in a tandem.
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A Tale of Two Paddles
The Autumnal Equinox on September 22 brought good weather to fulfill my quest to mark another paddle off my list, leaving just one more to complete my circumnavigation of O‘ahu. The Nimitz to Tracks paddle had been postponed a couple times due to unfriendly weather and I asked if it could be rescheduled just five days…
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Stories from our adventures…
“What we most regret are not the errors we make, but the things we didnt do.”
Audrey Sutherland
