We had events at Adventures Edge and 6 rivers Brewery and a really warm reception in Northern California. A special thanks to Lisa Beckstead, Kevin Tinney and the whole Kokatat crew for hosting our visit!
Even though it was a rainy, dreary day….. The Morris School filled a lunchroom full of excited kids, and we had a great time!
These guys take all the Waste Veg Oil from the entire surrounding area of Humboldt County and recycle it into Biodiesel. They hooked us up with 90 gallons in support of our cause!
We visited both Humboldt Bay High School and Lafayette Elementary School. It was funny to see how much more the 5th graders know then the 9th!
We found that the truck was bottoming out every we time we hit a bump, and the frame was in danger of being bent. We ran into Luke with 4×4 Labs in Gras Valley, CA (a Toyota finatic), and he donated his entire Memorial day weekend to help us design our custom suspension. Hats off to Luke and family, and thanks to Chris Kelly for letting us stay at his place on the South Yuba! Tom, You would DIG this guy!!!
Special Thanks to Grady O’Shaughnessy and the entire Clifbar crew that helped out with this amazing event. This was by far the greatest one yet.
It started with a demonstration in the warehouse.
Then everyone gathered for drinks in the theatre.
Johnathan Youtt kicked it off with an enviro puppet show.
HBR warmed it up by playing their origional tune “Well Oiled Machine”
The last part can best be described and a highly-inspiring panel discussion about rolling down the road using alternative energy and a Q&A with the crowd.
Special Thanks to HBR. We were inspired that this team was willing to rally with us on this event, and definitely did some brainstorming on things to come in the future. Stay tuned….
Along with paddling some great runs in the Sierras, visiting friends and lounging in the sun, we got to visit some great schools as well. Funny thing, when we had it on the map, we were planning to visit Coloma. There was a break down in communication (imagine that), and the next thing we knew, we were scheduled in Colma (4 hours from Coloma). It put is in a random place, but it turned out to be one of the biggest successes yet!
We visited two schools in the Daly City/Colma area outside of San Francisco.
It was a Savage drive across the desert, but we landed in Reno and went straight over to Lisa and Jays house. Crystal Young flew in and joined us for a section of the California Tour.
Sethers Home Town!! Had a bunch of classes with 8th and 9th graders. Definitely strange to picture skateboarding around the flag pole with the NRPW posse back in the day.
While we were parked in Jackson, we met up with all the nice folks that collect the local waste veg oil.
James hooked us with around 20 gallons.
And then this super nice family styled us out with 40 more gallons, enough to get all the way to California!!! Their house is totally off the grid, running on solar.
“Lunch Counter Rapid” is ALWAYS a classic. Surf culture has come to Wyoming because of this one spot sport of surfing on the river. You can jump off the rock and surf straight out onto the wave.
The water was going big and the weather was beautiful. We spent the afternoon paddling with the Jackson Hole Kids Club and waiting in line behind the surfers.
