Reflections on San Francisco Bay

About the Book

What do you do when you're over 50, mountain biking is your main exercise, and your knee goes south on you? The only sensible answer is to go ocean kayaking.

That's what happened to me in April of 1999. My knee, without fanfare or advance notice, bummed out on me, and within the week I was the proud—and very novice—owner of an ocean-going kayak. I intended the switch to last only as long as my knee failed me on the bike, but . . .  

As of this writing, I am back on my bike and enjoying it immensely. But I'm still in the kayak, too. In fact, I'm the proud—though only slightly less novice—owner of 2.5 kayaks. The other half belongs to my pedaling-paddling partner, Gristle, whom you'll meet in this little journal. There're others, too: Sam, Jay, Ancient Bob, Wild Bill, Indiana, Danny . . . but I'll leave it up to you to make your own introductions.

This journal contains accounts of our group's first-year kayaking experiences in San Francisco Bay and environs. Most, but not all, of the paddles took place on Thursday evenings. Shortly after we embarked on this routine, I began writing and emailing tales of our adventures to friends under the generic "Thurseve Paddle Reports." What you've got here is a collection of those first-year paddle reports.

About the Author

John Boeschen is a 25-year veteran of work-at-home self-employment. During this time, he has been a freelance writer, science education specialist, textbook author, book publisher, software developer, and technical writer-editor. He lives in Marin County, California, with his wife, Sandra, who also is a work-at-home, self-employed consultant. They have three grown sons. He has an undergraduate degree from Stanford University and a Masters degree from the University of Berkeley at California. The Little Work-at-Home Tome describes his personal experiences as an independent professional working from home, including the bad and the ugly along with the good. He says his home-centered business hasn't always been a bed of roses, but since he's learned how to spot the thorns before getting stuck, working from home has been both fun and profitable.