Canoe and Kayak - 4XPEDITION Team 4X Community Forum https://4xpedition.com/community/canoe-and-kayak/ Private forum for 4XPEDITION Team 4X Community Members en-US Sat, 18 Apr 2026 20:41:04 +0000 wpForo 60 Time to explore a new swimming/yakkin hole! https://4xpedition.com/community/canoe-and-kayak/time-to-explore-a-new-swimming-yakkin-hole/ Fri, 05 Aug 2022 03:15:11 +0000 Looks like we're hitting Upper Priest Lake this weekend with the inflatable kayak..  this looks fun!

It's about 100 miles from  home so it's not just up the street, but it's not insanely far and it should be a pretty drive.    There are two Priest Lakes connected by a channel, the lower one is bigger and surrounded by the fortunate folks who bought private property around it but the upper one looks to be all natural. 

Can't wait! 

819]]> Canoe and Kayak Shovel https://4xpedition.com/community/canoe-and-kayak/time-to-explore-a-new-swimming-yakkin-hole/ Well.... it's about that time eh? (Kayak ordered, more to share when it arrives!) https://4xpedition.com/community/canoe-and-kayak/well-its-about-that-time-eh-kayak-ordered-more-to-share-when-it-arrives/ Tue, 18 May 2021 03:49:34 +0000 When I lived in Arizona I had an inflatable canoe - Sevylor Colorado I believe it was - it was OK but there was a really fine line between making it tightly inflated enough to feel efficient and taut on the water,  or bursting the expensive and difficult to obtain bladders.     

Nonetheless I got several good years out of that and after replacing the bladders again for the last time I gave it to a friend when I moved from AZ to WA.  

Well we have more lakes and rivers here in Washington!    So I ordered an Advanced Elements 2-person inflatable kayak,  hopefully a little better than the Sevylor canoe.   

Compared to a molded kayak I expect it probably won't track as well, this model in particular has been described by reviewers as "basically a SUP shaped like a kayak" and it appears to not have a skeg nor a keel to speak of.  

Should be here next week - I'm excited and will share how it works out, hopefully in video format.    Posting before it arrives 'cause it's quiet around here and we might as well stay stoked especially now that America's getting healthier (so it seems) and we can start truly dreaming about unencumbered travel again! 

https://www.rei.com/product/153173/advanced-elements-advancedframe-convertible-elite-tandem-inflatable-kayak

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