Brandon Nelson

Today at Lake Padden

If you’re like me, you read this blog in the morning. I follow about 8 to 10 blogs regularly, and I read them first thing in the morning. So if you’re reading this while drinking that first cup of coffee, you’re in luck: There’s time to plan a trip to Lake Padden today, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., to try one of the coolest, and certainly the fastest-growing sport in the world right now: Stand Up Paddling.

Andy Holmes of Bellingham SUP will be there with a demo fleet of boards. Beau Whitehead will be there, as well as Heather and I, with a quiver of paddles, a rack of drysuits for you to use… everything necessary to get you on the water and try the almost surreal experience of stand up paddling. It’s like walking on water, only cooler.

And in the spirit of being on the water, today’s NW Words of Life quote is an absolute classic, and one you’ve undoubtedly heard before:

“There is nothing, absolutely nothing, half so much worth doing as simple messing about in boats.”

–Kenneth Grahame, Wind in the Willows

As for the photo above, that was taken by Rob Casey at the Deception Pass exploratory run last weekend. For Rob’s full SUP photo album of that day and a few others, click HERE. To visit his blog on Stand Up Paddling tips, click HERE.

See you today at Lake Padden, east entrance, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Just bring your smile… we’ll provide everything else!

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