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Part of Nisqually River Cleanup 2025, an annual joint project of Washington Kayak Club, Washington Recreational River Runners and Paddle Trails Canoe Club. We will boat the river, stopping to pick up trash along the way. NOTE: You also need to register via the Eventbrite registration page: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/nisqually-river-cleanup-2025-registration-1116629501899?aff=oddtdtcreatorcan

Part of Nisqually River Cleanup 2025, an annual joint project of Washington Kayak Club, Washington Recreational River Runners and Paddle Trails Canoe Club. We will boat the river, stopping to pick up trash along the way. NOTE: You also need to register via the Eventbrite registration page: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/nisqually-river-cleanup-2025-registration-1116629501899?aff=oddtdtcreatorcan

This WKC event is OPEN TO ALL WHITEWATER BOATS: OPEN CANOES, PLASTIC KAYAKS, SLALOM KAYAKS AND CANOES, K-2’s, AND IK’S.

This WKC event is OPEN TO ALL WHITEWATER BOATS: OPEN CANOES, PLASTIC KAYAKS, SLALOM KAYAKS AND CANOES, K-2’s, AND IK’S. Clicking on Register will take you to the WKC event page. Saturday: course open to all. Participate to hone your river running and/or slalom race skills! Sunday: Join the race to try your best at fast clean runs, or just to complete the course. Race classes exist for all boat types. Don’t miss out on the fun. Bring your boating buddies, cheer your friends from the bridge above, help out or hang out.

For anyone interested in coordinating trips, this class will cover the basics. This course will be highly interactive and is designed for new trip coordinators or veterans who wish to refresh their skills. The course contents will apply to coordinating paddling trips whether for Paddle Trails, another organization such as Scouting Groups or just friends. Zoom Link:https://us06web.zoom.us/j/88667722006?pwd=DgwLctOqLGLAbKNYvgv26pZ9d1koP5.1

Easy paddling on your choice of one or two charming lakes on the Sammamish Plateau. We’ll put into Beaver Lake first and enjoy a 3-mile trip around the lake and into its two small coves to the east and west. The Trip Coordinator hopes you will join us for lunch at the picnic shelter overlooking the lake, and hopefully also for a slightly shorter paddle around nearby Pine Lake. Discover Pass needed for parking.

We‘ll try to catch the Easter Bunny on his rounds as we take a leisurely paddle around Portage Bay. We can venture into Lake Union as well if we feel like it.

Put in: 6:15 am, Fritz Hedges Waterway Park, which at dawn on Sundays has plentiful and free street parking. Please arrive early enough to be on the water by 6:15am. (https://maps.app.goo.gl/kMM5ZUA2LcmtZw9q8)

We’ll plan to paddle from Mukilteo out to Hat Island and see if we can find some whales. Itinerary may flex a little based on whale activity in the days prior. This will be a sea kayak trip, and there might be some wind and waves. If the weather doesn’t look great a few days out, I may reschedule. We may have a few boats to lend out to keen paddlers who don’t have sea kayaks; check asap if that’s you. Required reading (background info on the whales): https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/gray-whales-learn-daring-feeding-strategy-in-puget-sound-digging-for-ghost-shrimp-at-high-tide/ Mandatory minimum distance from gray whales is 100 yards. https://www.bewhalewise.org/ Photos a participant took when I led a similar trip for the Mountaineers 3 years ago. A very long lens was used. https://adobe.ly/36jeqr1

We‘ll paddle the shore of Lake Washington to Seward Park then circle the peninsula to the south side and break for a picnic lunch and potty stop. Total distance about 7 miles.