J2Davis' Nomadic Journey

Kayaking Saguaro Lake

JacQ — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 01:54:43 +0000

Today we decided to paddle in Saguaro Lake. It was a beautiful day and we wanted to practice forward strokes. We went around the lake and had a good time. I love my kayak and love my hubby who is willing to drive me all the way to Durango to get it!

Kayaking Lower Salt River from Granite Reef Recreation Area – upstream

JacQ — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 01:27:54 +0000

This is our first time kayaking in a river. We decided to try out Lower Salt River by launching at the Granite Reef Recreation Area, paddle upstream and then back down. It was pretty hard paddling through some rapids, but it was fun coming back through them.

Since the river’s gage height was only 2.5 ft, I thought it won’t be a huge deal if I rolled, LOL. I did get stuck in a spot where the water level was too low and I was not able to paddle my way out, instead I had to push myself and the kayak out towards the deeper water by hand.

We did not make it too far because of the strong rapids in some areas, but all and all it was a great afternoon of paddling.

I started my GPS a little late, so the starting point across the river from our launch point.

Taking our new kayaks for a spin at Saguaro Lake, AZ

JacQ — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 23:28:35 +0000

We decided to purchase river/creek runner kayaks so we can do some lake and white water kayaking. This is our first day trying them out. Quite a learning experience. It was so much fun!

Wakeboarding for the first time…

JacQ — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 03:40:24 +0000

It has been on my mind for a while that I want to try wakeboarding. For someone who can barely swim, I sure enjoy water sports. Windsurfing, stand up paddling (SUP), kayaking and sailing. I figured that wakeboarding will be kind of like snowboarding, can’t be that hard right? I totally forgot how long it took me to learn snowboarding… with the help of Jeremy and friends, I was able to learn to snowboard and do basic moves like the falling leaf in about a month.

The opportunity came when our friend invited us to a wakeboarding meetup event. It was the golden opportunity for me to try it our and see if I can get up on the first time out on the water. Needless to say, it was not an easy task to get up for me. The powerful pull from the boat and not knowing how to position my body property, I shied away after a handful of failed attempts and thought I should not let others wait all day for me to learn.

Jeremy was able to get up and stay up after just a couple of tries. I wish to edit the videos together to show the exciting afternoon we had with our new friends on the lake.

Our new friends put on an awesome show of riding the wake in costume. So much fun~