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Door County Photography Guide’s Perspective

I can always tell when I am the first person of the day at one the most beautiful Door County parks called Cave Point County Park, based on the amount of spider webs I have to walk through in order to get to Jamaica Bay. After setting up my hammock at the usual location, the waiting game…

A Door County Guide’s Favorite Things to Do (After 20+ Seasons Here)

I’ve been guiding kayak tours in Door County since 2013, and the company started in 2002. We get the “what should we do?” question every day, and most of the lists out there read like AI scraped a brochure. This is what we’d actually tell a friend planning a 3 to 5 day trip. The…

Austin Kayak Tours

After a fun summer, we made some moves to start Austin kayak tours called Lone Star Kayak Tours.  These kayak tours will be in-between Austin, Texas and San Antonio, Texas.  The two tours will be a kayak tour of the Congress city Bat Bridge during May through October and a kayak trip of San Marcos River, just in-between the…

Why Door County is the best location for learning to Paddle Board

Door County is a great spot to learn to paddle board Wave riding on Paddle boards is the goal of many riders. There is a logical progression for you to work on in order to safely enjoy the challenging conditions. Your posture and technique are the keys to comfort and reduced energy expenditure. Having all…

Why Door County Paddleboard Yoga will challenge you!

Paddleboard Yoga is your next amazing challenge to yourself New this year at Door County Kayak Tours…YOGA! Yoga is being introduced as an excellent complement to your paddle this year at Door County Kayak Tours. If you’ve ever been kayaking with us or at all, you know the muscles needed to paddle. Yoga is being…

Kiteboarding in Door County: Where, When, and Who’s Teaching

We don’t teach kiteboarding. We run kayak and e-bike tours, not wind sports. But we get asked about local kiting often enough (the wind sports community here is small but active) that we’ll point people in the right direction. Where it actually works Whitefish Dunes State Park. The big sand beach south of Cave Point….

Rainy Day in Door County With Kids: A Parent’s Plan

A rainy day on a Door County trip is not a wasted day. It just needs a different plan. Here is what we point families to when the forecast turns gray, in the order we would actually do it, plus the local secret about how long the rain usually lasts. Start at the Door County…