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Meet Our CRK Greenland Paddle Carving Pros

Meet Our CRK Greenland Paddle Carving Pros

Meet Don Beale and Joanne Barta, CRK Greenland Paddle Carving Workshop Instructors.I recently had the pleasure of meeting Don Beale and Joanne Barta, who have lead Greenland Paddle Carving classes for CRK over the past decade. We met at Skamokawa Resort, future CRK...

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Skamokawa Resort – Comforts of Home on the River

Skamokawa Resort – Comforts of Home on the River

Meet Lance and Shannon Britt, owners of the Skamokawa Resort and long-time business partners ofCRK, who will become its new owners on January 1, 2025.How long has your family owned and operated the Skamokawa Resort, and what drew you to the area? For seven years, we...

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A Conversation About Life in Skamokawa with Irene Martin

A Conversation About Life in Skamokawa with Irene Martin

Photo above shows part of the town of Skamokawa ("ska-MOCK–a-way") provided by Road Scholar participants in 2023.   This season’s 2023 newsletter includes a local spotlight section with content graciously provided by local historian and award-winning author,...

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Where is Skamokawa and Why is it a Haven for Kayaking?

Where is Skamokawa and Why is it a Haven for Kayaking?

Co-written by Amber Siefer and Andrew Emlen. Columbia River Kayaking was founded in 2007 to provide educational tours of the Columbia River estuary where the river, which begins its journey in Canada more than 1,200 miles away, empties into the northern Pacific Ocean....

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The Sea Lions of Moolhool

The Sea Lions of Moolhool

Part of our CRK crew paddled the Lower Grays River in January 2022 and got to share the river with California Sea Lions feasting on the last of the recent smelt run. 

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