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Greg Clopton: Morning photo from in front of camp on the southern side of Benson Island in the Broken Island Group, August 2007.
 

William Pendergast: OOPS Lord and Walker Islands paddle December 2007.
2008
Month Day Event Contact

January

1

Salmon Creek

Trips Coordinator

 

6

Speelyai Bay - Lake Merwin

Trips Coordinator

 

12

Brown's Landing to Scappoose Bay

Trips Coordinator

 

13

Willamette River Bridge Tour

Trips Coordinator

 

16

Knots & Hitches

Education Coordinator

 

20

Willamette River Bridges & Islands

Trips Coordinator

 

23

Board Meeting

President

 

24

R&R at the Sunset Pool

Education Coordinator

 

26

Ridgefield to Kalama

Trips Coordinator

 

30

Paddling Enticement Event

President

February

2-3

Sea Kayak & Canoe Winter Seminar, Mercer Island, WA

Sponsor

 

3

Dalton Point to Chinook Landing

Trips Coordinator

 

7

R&R at the Sunset Pool

Education Coordinator

 

9

Kalama to Willow Grove

Trips Coordinator

 

10

Lacamas Lake

Trips Coordinator

 

10

Wet Exit/Rescue - for Those Who Have Never Done One Before

Education Coordinator

 

10 & 18

Greenland Paddle Carving

Education Coordinator

 

16

Bachelor Island Circumnavigation

Trips Coordinator

 

17

Miller Island

Trips Coordinator

 

18-24

12th Annual International Sea Kayak Symposium, Ft. Desoto Park in St. Petersburg, Florida

Sponsor

 

20

Board Meeting

President

 

23

Eagle Watch - Lake Billy Chinook

Trips Coordinator

 

23-24

Deception Pass Currents

Education Coordinator

 

27

General Meeting

President

 March

8

Puget Island & Sloughs

Trips Coordinator

 

8

Using Digital Nautical Charts with OziExplorer (Basic)

Education Coordinator

 

9 & 16

Foundations in Paddling

Education Coordinator

 

15

Using Digital Nautical Charts with OziExplorer (Intermediate)

Education Coordinator

 

18-24

Santa Cruz Kayak Surf Festival

Sponsor

 

19

Board Meeting

President

 

22

Ridgefield to Sauvie Island

Trips Coordinator

 

22-23

Trip Leader Reward Weekend - Pacific City

Education Coordinator

 

26

General Meeting

President

 

29

Bachelor Island

Trips Coordinator

 

29

First Aid/CPR

Education Coordinator

 

30

Mayer State Park to Klickitat River and Return

Trips Coordinator

April

6

Anderson Island Circumvention

Trips Coordinator

 

6

Brace Yourself!!

Education Coordinator

 

6

Eagle Creek to Cascade Locks

Trips Coordinator

 

11-13

Port Angeles Kayak Symposium

Sponsor

 

12

Forward Strokes Class

Education Coordinator

 

13

Lord and Walker Islands

Trips Coordinator

 

15

Make a PVC Kayak Cart

Education Coordinator

 

19

Introduction to Kayak Camping,  Part 1

- Tarpology, Leave No Trace, First Aid

Education Coordinator

 

20

Introduction to Kayak Camping,  Part 2

 - Pick and Pack Gear

Education Coordinator

 

20

Hammersley Inlet

Trips Coordinator

 

23

Board Meeting

President

 

25, 26 & 27

Using Garmin GPS Units in Sea Kayaking

Education Coordinator

 

26-27

Alder Creek PaddleFest

Sponsor

 

26-27

Leadership Training

Education Coordinator

 

30

General Meeting

President

May

2-4

Introduction to Kayak Camping,  Part 3

- Gull Island Camp-Out

Trips Coordinator

 

4

OOPTIKS 2008 at Skamokawa

Education Coordinator

 

4

Smith and Bybee Lakes

Trips Coordinator

 

17-18

Puget Sound Sea Kayak Symposium

Sponsor

 

21

Board Meeting

President

 

23-26

Mayne Island Weekend

Trips Coordinator

 

25

Cullaby Lake

Trips Coordinator

 

28

General Meeting

President

 

31

Columbia River Paddlefest, Richland, WA

Sponsor

June

1

Hanford Reach

Trips Coordinator

 

1

Portland Bridges Paddle

Trips Coordinator

 

8

Netarts Bay

Trips Coordinator

 

13-15

North Willapa Bay Paddling Weekend

Trips Coordinator

 

13-15

SSTIKS, Twanoh Park, Hood Canal

Sponsor

 

17

Smith & Bybee Beaver Habitat

Trips Coordinator

 

18

Board Meeting

President

 

21

Canby to West Linn

Trips Coordinator

 

21

Nehalem Bay

Trips Coordinator

 

25

General Meeting

President

July

17-20

Lake Ozette weekend

Trips Coordinator

 

19

Bachelor Island

Trips Coordinator

 

23

Board Meeting

President

 

27

Maneuvering Strokes

Education Coordinator

 

30

General Meeting and Picnic

President

August

1-3

R2K Wooden Boat Festival

Sponsor

 

3

Rescues and Wet Exits

Education Coordinator

 

15-17

Waldo Lake Weekend

Trips Coordinator

 

18-21

BCU Training, Skamokawa

Sponsor

 

22-24

LoCo Roundup, Skamokawa

Sponsor

 

20

Board Meeting

President

 

27

General Meeting

President

September

17

Board Meeting

President

 

18-21

Southern Coastal Oregon Ocean Paddle in September (SCOOPS)

Trips Coordinator Registration Form

 

19-21

WCSKS, Port Townsend

Sponsor

 

24

General Meeting

President

 

26-28

Skamokama Weekend

Trips or Education Coordinator

October

TBA

Lake Billy Chinook Weekend

Trips Coordinator

 

22

Board Meeting

President

 

29

General Meeting

President

November

12

Board Meeting

President

 

19

General Meeting and Election

President

December

 

No General Meeting

 

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