Arcadia Adventures
A personal blog and podcast chronicling our journey into the sailing life
In 2009, we moved to the Washington DC area, and eventually bought a house in Bethesda, Maryland. DC has a great paddling community, and we started paddling on the beautiful Potomac River, and continue to have a wonderful time paddling amongst the monuments and experiencing the National Cherry Blossom Festival from the water is an unparalleled experience.
In 2004, we were recruited to Syracuse University. We bought a house in Manlius, New York and lived on a small lake called Snooks Pond. Since we lived on a lake and had our own dock, it was a wonderful opportunity to finally buy our first boat - a kayak!
Our first kayak was a green Perception Acadia II tandem (pictured above), and eventually added two solo kayaks to our fleet, a yellow Old Town Castine for me and a red Old Town Loon for Noemí. In addition to paddling on Snooks Pond, our kayaking adventures included paddling on Blue Mountain Lake at Minnowbrook, the Syracuse University great camp in the Adirondack Mountains, paddle camping through the linked lakes in the Adirondacks, and a circumnavigation of Wellesley Island, in the 1000 Islands on the St. Lawrence River.
