Tour de Mendo - The Ultimate of Mendocino Coast Sea Kayaking

Imagine 4 days of sea kayaking among the rock gardens and sea caves of the ruggedly beautiful Mendocino Coast. Yes, many come to the Mendocino Coast to sea kayak and have paddled stretches of the rock gardens and sea caves but few have done a Tour de Mendo Liquid Fusion Kayaking Style.

Congratulations to a group of paddlers from San Diego who just completed a Liquid Fusion Kayaking Tour de Mendo.
What makes a Liquid Fusion Kayaking Tour de Mendo different from others sea kayak tours of the Mendocino Coast? We have an intimate local knowledge of the Mendocino Coast because we live, paddle, and play here. We know those special off the beaten paddle places (and the best spots for great food and live music). We instruct and challenge paddlers to improve their skills and paddling repertoire while paddling with us - be it paddling a whitewater kayak, surfing a kayak, or tossing a greenland paddle in their hands.


Unfortunately, I had to hold down the shop for most of the Tour de Mendo, but it was fun to get their perspective of each day's adventure. They marveled over their exploration of intricate networks of rock gardens and sea caves and told stories of fun rides through surge channels and pour overs and moments when Jeff and the sea challenged their skills. This crew was definitely up for the challenge.


I did get to paddle with them one morning for a whitewater kayak rock gardening session in Noyo Bay and look forward to joining them in the fall of 2011.

New Kayaks for our Mendocino Coast Kayaking Adventures

It is so fun and exciting to get new kayaks. They are so colorful and hold so much potential for FUN.


Most of the kayaks that we ordered this year are for rentals on Fort Bragg's Noyo River and our new Tracks to Kayaks adventure.


Of course a couple of whitewater kayaks made their way onto the order. We ordered a new Dagger Torrent for our Whitewater of the Sea adventure,


and I got a Wavesport Diesel for exploring and playing on whitewater rivers.


Jeff and I have been enjoying sharing the wooden kayak that we built. Everyone has loved how smooth and easily it paddles.

Rain = Whitewater = FUN!!!

It's raining, its pouring, whitewater kayakers are snoring and dreaming of more whitewater kayaking adventures on our local Mendocino County waterways.


Last week, we enjoyed 4 glorious days of warm weather and whitewater kayaking on the Eel River in northeastern Mendocino County. We ran the Class III Outlet Creek to Dos Rios stretch at flows of 900-1900 - executing crisp eddy turns, playing in hydraulics, and surfing waves.


A local photographer meandered out to shoot us in action. Check out his photoblog.

We are doing our rain dance and getting excited about more river time.



Of course Simpler Times is an LFK Eel River Tradition.