Pos: 32.0549,-116.8828″ Loc: Puerto Salina Acc: Hilleberg Allak tent Dist: 33,7 km Start: 06:30 End: 13:15 What a relaxing night, early, calm, peaceful…besides one dog barking noisily at night. This morning, ten curious stray dogs were chasing each other on the beach, but as stray dogs mostly are, they are also easy to chase away. […]

Pos: 32.2796,-117.0314″ Loc: Popotla Acc: Hilleberg Allak tent Dist: 38,5 km Start: 08:00 End: 15:20 We had a good calm and safe night – if it wouldn’t be for the constant helicopter noise which probably didn’t stop all night, with probably night vision and infrared cameras to find any possible refugee trying to enter the […]

Pos: 32.5812,-117.1331″ Loc: Imperial Beach Acc: tent inside YMCA surf camp Dist: 44,1 km Start: 08:00 End: 18:00 We both slept pretty all right in the shop, me on the bench close to the open window with earplugs, Lisa in the last dark calm corner on the floor. Gary was keen to paddle for a […]

Pos: 32.8545,-117.2594″ Loc: Oceanside Acc: Jen’s shop “La Jolla Sea Cave Kayaks” Dist: 46,1 km Start: 08:00 End: 17:30 We had daylight saving time done by Sunday, so our time is now one hour earlier. Gary volunteered to pick us from Jen’s house, as she was gone Sunday morning with Shan and a bunch of […]

Loc: Oceanside Acc: Jen’s house Chores today – food shopping with Lisa, repairs, planning ahead, nothing exciting…

Loc: Oceanside Acc: Jen’s house Ah, nice to sleep in a bit! You think…I was up from 5.45 to do office work, updated all my posts, pictures, tracks, tables and what nt from the previous section, before I can move on to plan he new one. Discipline… 🙂 Some gear and kayak repair, before Shan […]

Pos: 33.2052,-117.3929″ Loc: Oceanside Acc: Jen’s house Dist: 42,1 km Start: 08:30 End: 16:20 Dave Shively from Canoe & Kayak Magazine came with a videographer to get some interview and footage from my launch this morning. Thanks for coming out to the beach! And one more of those sunny dead calm and low swell days…what’s […]

Pos: 33.4619,-117.6828″ Loc: Dana Point Acc: Hilleberg Allak tent Dist: 28,0 km Start: 09:20 End: 15:20 Morris was so nice to drive us back early morning to the beach, all went smooth Thanks again to host us in your house and to take me around! Very much fun! One more of those dead calm days, […]

Pos: 33.6020,-117.8827″ Loc: Newport Acc: Morris’ house Dist: 34,3 km Start: 06:50 End: 13:20 No cop or security guard intruded into our private(ly occupied) Boy Scout’s beach, and besides the noise from the bridge above us we had a peaceful night. I used earplugs, Lise said she did not need any…in the morning she admitted […]

Pos: 33.7566,-118.1173″ Loc: Alamitos Bay Acc: Hilleberg Allak tent Dist: 34,9 km Start: 08:20 End: 17:20 I forgot to write last evening how we passed LAX from the water in dense fog…dozens of noisy stinky jets were starting in dense fog, one after the other, just one or two minutes minute apart, sometimes two together […]