My outfitting company,
Frog Hollow Outdoors, is really starting to gear up for the 2013 Season. This past weekend was our first Staff Training/Refresher for the year. Our original plan was to head to the Coast to camp and work on site-management and paddle skills. We we're gonna really work the area - protected inlets, secluded barrier islands, a variety of tidal conditions, and even the surf zone were all going to be our play/training ground. A trip and training to remember!
Well, Thursday evening, with a forecast predicting 80% chance of thunder storms most of Saturday, i made the call to scrap the Coast as the location for our training. I got a little flak about this from some of my non-work paddling and backpacking buddies. OK sure, working with staff in adverse conditions is excellent first hand experience on handling thunder and lightning storms (which, personally, i typically enjoy camping in), but for the sake/goals of our training weekend, being huddled up in camp and NOT out on the water, seemed like a poor use of our time. So, we shifted the focus of our paddle skills and transferred the site-management refresher to some of our awesome local locations. We paddled the Eno in whitewater kayaks on Sat in a steady and cold rain (but no thunder or lightning!), and then got out in the touring kayaks on Jordan Lake for a good chunk of the day Sun. So, no, we weren't at the Coast, but we were in some good ol' magical Piedmont. Both days were awesome! And i gotta say i'm really proud of the Staff i worked with this past weekend, they really got right back on track from last year and are ready to get out and work with folks on the water again! It's gonna be a great year!
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| A handful of the 2013 Frog Hollow Staff prepping for a paddle down the Eno River during our pre-season Guide and Instructor Training and Re-fresher. Y'all Rock! |
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| A few of the 2013 Frog Hollow Staff out on Mystery Island on Jordan Lake during our pre-season Guide and Instructor Training/Refresher. |
