Uncommon News Spring 2009

In This Edition
News from the Islands
Great Paddling Escapes to Fit Any Style or Budget!
Budget Skills Courses in Alaska
Latest from the Blogosphere
Spring Gear Sale

News from the Islands
This year’s Bay Islands trips were amazing, but numbers were way down as one might expect.  The practical upshot of fewer tourists for us is that, well, THERE ARE FEWER TOURISTS!  So, nice Caribbean island paddling destination with great lodging, private estate gardens, easy air access, amazing food and you have it all to yourselves for a reasonable price!  Consider a trip for 2010…early booking 10% discount and you can name your week!

Great Paddling Escapes to Fit Any Style or Budget!

Weekends

• Water-to-Wine B&B Paddling / Wine Tour Program
  Enjoy paddling along Leelanau or Old Mission’s coastlines by morning and sample our award winning wines during the afternoons -- all from the comfort of lovely country inns.


• Learn-to-Kayak B&B Weekends
  No matter your experience, we’ll take your skills to the next level from the comfort of our Sleeping Bear location.


• Les Cheneaux Island Kayak Camping
  Learn to camp out of your kayak amongst the historic Les Cheneaux.


• Lake Superior Provincial Park
  Bouncy clear Superior waters, great camping, rocky cliffs, pictographs, loons and spectacular meals…what more could you want?

Big Adventures for Less Money

• Georgian Bay
  An amazing week long kayak camping adventure for all skills levels with spectacular scenery


• Silver Islet to Rossport
  Probably the premier Superior shoreline trip for those with intermediate and above skills 

For a full menu of other other trips and destinations,
 browse: www.uncommonadv.com

Budget Skills Courses in Alaska
http://www.alaskakayakschool.com/calendar/index.html#spring091
Refer to the Halibut Cove Ocean Skills program. Facilitated by Tom Pogson, our Alaskan program partner, this program is designed for paddlers looking to increase their skills and safety margins in an ocean environment. Why not get your BCU 3 star skills award in an exciting paddling environment with interesting navigation and tidal activity? Build this in as a start to a kayak trip in Alaska’s Kenai peninsula.

Latest from the Blogosphere
From Michael’s blog on returning from Honduras:
Re-entry and Reunions, 4-27-09

"Coming back into the States and slamming gears into the high speed, instant messaging, express lane, espresso charged, text crazed, fast food, speed date, multi-tasked, super-sized, midnight madness sale mentality just makes me want to hug myself and crawl into a corner and rock back and forth. Re-entry shock of flying is a bit rough on a person. Driving down was slower, but you were always wholly there."  more...

Adrienne and the van down by the river….

Spring Gear Sale

Kayaks

• New Nigel Foster Legend 
  2008 demo boat. Yellow/white fiberglass. New $3600…now $2800
  


• Point 65 Crunch Rocket 
  Fast poly tourer with 3 dry hatches with very little use for $850
  


• Riot Edge 12.5 
  New safe rec boat with two hatches and drop skeg: retail: $799, our price $650
  


• P&H Capella 166 
  Nice poly Brit tourer w/skeg for larger paddlers: $1800 retail, $1150
  

Tent

• Mountain Hardware Alcove 3 
  last one in pristine shape: $200