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You’re never really alone on Santa Barbara Island. I soon found that out while rounding the southern end of the one-square-mile islet in my kayak. From utter silence to a raucous cacophony of yelps and bellows, my solo journey around the smallest of California’s eight Channel Islands was interrupted by thousands of California sea lions — some just curious, others territorial. … More info
The hill that started it all is in the Arbor Heights neighborhood in West Seattle.
Each day, young twins Lou and Jim Whittaker made their way down that hill between their home and Fauntleroy School, where they went to grade school, or Lincoln Park, where they paddled around Puget Sound in canoes and rafts they cobbled together. Each trip home meant a hike up the hill.
“We were up and down that hill all the time, so maybe that’s where it all began,” Jim Whittaker said. “That’s how we came to be in such good shape.”…Â More info
Months of training have ended for Christchurch schoolgirls Chloe Thompson and Beth Vanderhaven, who will create history in the 2009 Speights Coast to Coast at the weekend.
They are the first schoolgirl team to enter the two-day race and have just enjoyed a two-week respite from their tough training regime.
Their training diary follows: … More info
The week before Labor Day always sees heavy boat traffic on the lake. But this year, event coordinator Janie Vogel says there will be a lot of fast boats on the lake. Real fast.
Vogel will be sorting out the many unfinished details of a week-long boating and racing event that will hit the shores later this year.
While Vogel didn’t know every detail, she knew the important ones.
“There will be six classes, plus a few really fast classes, said Vogel, “that will run from 75 miles-per-hour up to 200.”
Vogel said events will begin Tues. Sept. 1 with powerboat regattas and a fastest-boat competition on Thursday…. More info
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