I had a great time at the bash and enjoyed talking to many experienced and curious kayak builders. Here’s a link to my photo set on flickr.
2007 Texas Kayak Builders Bash
Both Kurt and John had new original designs there in addition to Steve’s saran wrap kayak and Tony’s strip built Sea Ranger. [...]

Made a trip up to AustinKayaks in San Marcos this morning for some foam blocks to mount the yaks on my car. I’m still saving up for a Yakima or Thule (whatever I find cheapest on craigslist). They foam works well in this manner and will fit on the bars of the rack [...]

Well, the trip to Iowa is about over.  We are in St Louis right now and will be flying out in the morning at 9:30.  It will sure be good to get back home and mow the lawn…  yeah right..  Looking forward to kayaking with Kurt again and getting the boat wet.
I saw quite a [...]

I was thinking of taking a kayak to Iowa sometime this summer and fishing with a friend of mine so I researched registration laws for the state. I was unable to find any information on the website so I emailed, and eventually talked on the phone with someone from the DNR.
I talked with Marj [...]

Here are a few sets of pictures from the 2006 Texas Kayak Builders Bash.

Anton: Texas Kayak Builders Bash 2006 [Flickr]
Tony: Texas Kayak Builders bash 2005 [Flickr]
John: Slideshow of Texas Kayak Builders Bash 2006 [Webshots]

Recent post on TKF prompted me to write this post:
Go to the Thule site,
Thule site
and select your car under the words ‘rack your car’. Mine is a 2003 Honda Element EX so don’t know if things have changed for later models, but I get:
430 Tracker II Foot Pack | LB50 Load Bars | TK9 [...]

For all my loyal Swedish visitors, here’s the report from Anders and Magnus N.
I found the link to this on the Kayak Building Bulletin board (trips.) Pretty cool and very nice scenery. Thanks for the pictures!
inte illa!
(hope that means ‘not bad’)
Tony Olsen

Spent the day at the San Antonio Zoo today with the grand kids. Good time had by all lots to see and do. All who survived are lounged out in front of the TV with eyelids at half mast. If you are ever in San Antonio, the zoo is a must see. [...]

Well, went and did the touristy thing at the San Antonio River walk today. Lots of tourist traps and lots of people milling around with no particular direction in mind. Sure hate it when I can’t walk because of people just standing in the way. So, I gawked at the water a [...]