Trip Planning Meeting and Journeys with my Father

You must love this time of year as the days get longer and spring is getting closer by the minute. This is the time of year where CPA starts planning events for the upcoming season beginning with the Trip Planning Meeting. It scheduled for March 31, 2021 at 7:00 PM EST and it will be via ZOOM. Click here to …

Coordinator’s Column: Happy New Year!

I am truly looking forward to the new year and am optimistic that 2021 will be an improvement over 2020. I like to think back about all the positive things that happened this past year, but I am also reminded of all the family and friends lost this year. Hopefully with the vaccines and improved medical treatments we will move …

Coordinator’s Column: Looking back on 2020 and ahead to 2021

This is the last newsletter of the year so a good time to reflect on the events of the past season. There were several CPA events that were cancelled due to the virus along with many active members missing from the scene. Some of the cancelled events are the backbone of CPA’s early thirty-year history along with the many day …

Coordinator’s Column: Whether Greenland or Euro, paddle on!

Are you a Greenland  paddler or a euro paddler?  Well today it is a matter of  preference.  Since I started sea kayaking, I noticed that  more and more people are  using Greenland paddles.  When I first picked up a euro paddle and started  sea kayaking, I found them  awkward since I was a  lifetime canoe paddler  and canoe paddlers really …