Lifestyle

POST SCRIPT

There are a few moments that stick with me most assuredly: golden hour at the Palguin, kicking back after joy laps and the cries of Ibis overhead; a first-ever roll- one first-ever roll from one student, in particular- who had dedicated hours, weeks, months… years to the skill; listening to my words of instruction be repeated back to the group in Mandarin and watching my students heed those words through translation; and the giggles, hoots, hollers, and exclamations of surprise when aptitude surpassed the expectations of a young person. 

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Second Lives

We put on the water just before the sun explodes with sunset, and we cruise quietly downstream. The Wild & Scenic Chattooga River is a kitschy albeit truthful means of describing a section of whitewater that is truly deserving of its title, and one of the most beautiful stretches of flow in the Southeast. It

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Road Rules: Staying Healthy & Keeping it Cheap while Traveling

We’ve been spending (a lot of) time on the road lately, and it has been an adjustment to stay healthy and present without blowing our budget or dirtbagging it too severely. With a bit of planning and a little resolve, you can keep your travels relatively cheap and fairly healthy if you keep your on-the-road

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Friday Round Up

ON THE WATER Do you have a crux run? Wherever you’re at with your boating, that’s that one river that gets your blood pumping, your palms sweaty. That run epitomizes where you are with your paddling in that moment, not so challenging that it’s out of reach but hard enough that it pushes you to

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Friday Round Up

[vc_column_text width=”1/1″ last=”last”] Is it Friday already? ON THE WATER This week has been about efficiency on the water. I did spend some time in some different boats, but I’ve been really pushing myself on working the river so I’ve been in my comfortable river runner for the most part. Take away: try hard things

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Friday Round Up

[vc_column_text width=”1/1″ last=”last”] Last week we hit you with our first ever lifestyle post… whew, that was fun! This week we’re shaking it up again and moving towards a more inclusive dive into how we’re living here at H2o Dreams, and we’re calling it your Friday Round Up! Here, we’ll be keeping you in the

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We Have to Eat, Too

In the past, H2o Dreams has focused mainly on instruction and education. But we’ve gotta eat sometimes, right? We’re spending much of our day broiled in thought behind the computer or getting on the water to keep our creativity and passion fresh… so we’re hungry. And at H2o Dreams, when we get really hungry, we

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