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A takeaway from chasing kayakers up the Texas coast? Our beaches are trashed
One thing I noticed as I chased the 3rd Coast Cowboys Epic Kayak Journey up the Texas coast the last two weeks? Trash. From the first night, when I camped at Mansfield Cut, the passage between North and South Padre Islands, to the finish point at Walter Umphrey State...
I singlehandedly fixed a flat on an F150 and it made me feel like Wonder Woman
Anybody got a truck tire they’d like me to change? I’m still smiling after single-handedly changing a tire on my husband’s Ford F150 pickup truck after flatting out on a remote stretch of two-lane road while chasing kayakers paddling up the Texas coast. I was zipping...
Third Coast Cowboys finish strong at Louisiana border
West Hansen pulled his kayak up the boat ramp at Walter Umphrey State Park in Port Arthur at about 5 p.m. Monday, stepped around a dead fish and greeted the small crowd of family members gathered there to cheer him in. “Well, that’s done,” he said, 13 days of stubble...
A takeaway from chasing kayakers up the Texas coast? Our beaches are trashed
One thing I noticed as I chased the 3rd Coast Cowboys Epic Kayak Journey up the Texas coast the last two weeks? Trash. From the first night, when I camped at Mansfield Cut, the passage between North and South Padre Islands, to the finish point at Walter Umphrey State...
I singlehandedly fixed a flat on an F150 and it made me feel like Wonder Woman
Anybody got a truck tire they’d like me to change? I’m still smiling after single-handedly changing a tire on my husband’s Ford F150 pickup truck after flatting out on a remote stretch of two-lane road while chasing kayakers paddling up the Texas coast. I was zipping...
Third Coast Cowboys finish strong at Louisiana border
West Hansen pulled his kayak up the boat ramp at Walter Umphrey State Park in Port Arthur at about 5 p.m. Monday, stepped around a dead fish and greeted the small crowd of family members gathered there to cheer him in. “Well, that’s done,” he said, 13 days of stubble...
Clean shirts, rogue waves, and a family visit for kayakers paddling the Texas coast
It looks like West Hansen and the 3rd Coast Cowboys will roll into Sabine Pass sometime Monday afternoon, completing their kayaking trip from the southern tip of Texas to the Louisiana border in 13 days. The four paddlers - Hansen, Jeff Wueste, Jimmy Harvey and...
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Testimonials
Pam LeBlanc is a remarkable and fearless adventurer. She is not afraid to ‘ride the tiger’. Her writings capture the spirit and essence of her varied exploits...and she demonstrates a deep sense of stewardship for Mother Earth."
- Dan Sholly, former chief ranger of Yellowstone National Park
To read any of Pam’s reports from the field is to be whisked alongside a down-to-earth yet formidable woman with a great adventurous spirit, for the ride of your life. Her storytelling and photographs will have you yearning for the great outdoors, a new journey into yourself…or perhaps a naked run with hundreds of your closest friends!"
- Tanya Streeter, record-setting free diver and environmentalist
Pam’s perspective of seeing the world brings out the light in people, places and situations. Not only is she creative, and original, with her lighthearted humor, she always finds a ways to put a smile on your face. I always look forward to seeing her work!"
- Leo Manzano, Olympic silver medalist in the 1500 meter run
I’ve never known someone so willing to jump — sometimes literally — into her work as Pam LeBlanc. She is a writer whose prose can take you places you’ve always wanted to go — or the places you wish you could go, but probably never will."
- Debbie Hiott, former executive editor of the Austin American-Statesman and now general manager of KUT and KUTX