It's all about water
Larry Ausley is an ACA certified whitewater kayaking instructor trainer, whitewater (L4) and coastal kayaking, river safety and rescue (L3) and canoe (L1) instructor. He is the 2012-2013 Chair of ACA's River Kayak Committee, is a past member of the national Board of Directors and past-Secretary of the American Canoe Association. He is an affiliate instructor for Canoe, Kayak and Paddle Co. (an ACA Pro School) in Vienna, VA, teaching from the Research Triangle area of NC. He is a past-president of the Carolina Canoe Club. Larry is a retired State of North Carolina water quality biologist with a degree in Marine Biology, is a Certified Public Manager and is broadly published on water quality monitoring and aquatic toxicology.
Category Archives: Kayak Camping
Paddling the Georgia Coast Saltwater Paddle Trail
Guest Post by Nancy Guthrie The Georgia Coast Saltwater Paddle Trail was published by the Coastal Regional Commission of Georgia in 2010. The Paddle Trail is designed to start in St. Mary’s GA, and be paddled north to Tybee Island, … Continue reading
Posted in Carolina Kayak Club, Destinations, Guest Posts, Kayak Camping, Sea Kayaking
Tagged Georgia, Georgia Paddle Trail, kayak camping, seakayaking
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Roanoke River Platforms
Knock one more from the bucket list. After a couple of years of woulda-shoulda-coulda we finally found the perfect long weekend to make it to North Carolina’s Roanoke River Paddle Trail and the camping platforms managed by Roanoke River Partners. … Continue reading
Posted in Destinations, Kayak Camping, North Carolina Paddling
Tagged camping, kayak touring, platform, roanoke
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2011 Retrospective
Year-end retrospectives are all the rage, so I may as well fall in line. In no particular order: Work with the ACA 2011 was my final year on the ACA Board of Directors. I hope I acceptably lived up to … Continue reading
Way down upon the….
I accompanied eight other kayakers from the Carolina Kayak Club to the Suwannee River in Florida for a peaceful Thanksgiving trip. Starting from the Suwannee River State Park, we paddled the first day to Dowling Springs river campground, one of … Continue reading
Posted in Carolina Kayak Club, Destinations, Kayak Camping
Tagged camping, Florida, River kayaking, Suwannee
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October Shackleford Banks/Cape Lookout trip
Uninhibited by the perfect weather forecast for the weekend ahead of us, a group of Carolina Kayak Club (CKC) paddlers headed east on October 22 to Beaufort, NC to begin a 3-day weekend on North Carolina’s famed Outer Banks. In … Continue reading
