October Meeting
The next meeting will be held on Tuesday, October 4th at 7:00 p.m. in the Tensaw Theater at Five Rivers Delta Resource Center.  Nancy Milford, MBCKC member, will be the host of this months meeting.  While some people like to paddle in races, others like a slower pace.  Nancy will talk about some of the things that you can see, learn, and experience by slowing down some.  Her theme is "Dinner with the Birds"

 Maggie Pyle will do the mini-presentation this month.  Maggie recently participated in the 16th Atlanta Dragon Boat Festival, entering three races.  In Atlanta, there were over 60 teams competing from collegiate, corporate, industry, banking, retail, and breast cancer survivors teams. On Saturday, September 24th, 32 teams participated in dragon boat races on the Mississippi River at Memphis. Maggie will have photos she took of the Atlanta Dragon Boat Festival and share insights into the 2,000 year-old sport of dragon boat racing which is currently the 8th fastest growing sport in the world.

Tracy Lannie will have raffle tickets for a Bending Branches Navigator Paddle. Drawing to be held on October 8th at Paddle Bayou La Batre.  Tickets are $3 each.  For more information on this paddle: http://www.bendingbranches.com/navigator      Tracy will also have forms for Paddle Bayou La Batre; this will be your last chance to register via hand-written form.  The registration fee is $25. For more information on Paddle Bayou La Batre:    http://www.paddlebayoulabatre.org/

Also, a representative from the Mobile Bay National Estuary Program will be at the meeting to talk about "Clean Up the Bottom", to take place on Saturday, October 22.  More info will be posted on the yahoo groups page (South Alabama Paddlers)

September Meeting
We have several first timers at September's meeting.  It is alway nice to meet a new paddler!  We shared our paddle tales and learned about the upcoming event, Paddle Bayou La Batre.

Upcoming Events and Paddles:Paddles
The following paddles are posted on MBCKC's calendar, click on the calendar link for more detail

Paddles
Harriet's Rice Creek Paddle:  Sunday, Oct 2 / meet 10am

Full Moon Paddle: Wednesday, Oct 12 - 6pm

Harriet & Fritz Whiskey Ditch Paddle -Sunday afternoon, Oct 23 (not posted on calendar) For information, call: 604.3741 (harriet) 680.8928 (fritz)

Fresh Air Family paddle by Juli Day /Buzbee's Fish Camp Paddle -Sunday afternoon, Oct 23 (not posted on calendar) For more info, call:  Juli Day 377-0054

Rob's Big Boy Middle Bay Lighthouse Paddle:  Sunday, Oct 23 / meet 1:45 pm

Events
Paddle Bayou La Batre - October 8 http://www.paddlebayoulabatre.org/

Phatwater Challenge - October 8 http://www.kayakmississippi.com/

Tour du Teche II, Race - October 7-9 http://www.techeproject.com/tour-du-teche.html

Paddle Florida, October 13-20 http://www.paddleflorida.org/oct11/details1011.htm

Clean Up the Bottom - Oct 22 http://www.mobilebaynep.com/news/clean_up_the_bottom

September Meeting
The next meeting will be held on Tuesday, September 6 at 7:00 p.m. in the Tensaw Theater at Five Rivers Delta Resource Center.  We will share recent paddle tales and discuss future paddles.  The upcoming Coastal Clean-Up will be discussed.  Also, Tracy Lannie will present on an upcoming paddle event to be held on October 8, Paddle Bayou La Batre.

August Meeting Notes
During the August meeting, Tracy Lannie shared a slide-show presentation of a trip she and David did on the Naeroyfjord in Norway.

We also passed the hat to take up donations toward our new club banner.  Thanks to everyone that contributed to our beautiful banner.


Upcoming Events and Paddles:
The following paddles are posted on MBCKC's calendar, click on the calendar link for more detail

Paddles
Full Moon Paddle:  approx Sept 13, watch for update

Dog River Scenic Blueway Paddle:  Sept 23

Events
Coastal Cleanup - Sept 17  http://www.alabamacoastalcleanup.com/

Paddle Bayou La Batre - October 8   http://www.paddlebayoulabatre.org/

Phatwater Challenge - October 8 http://www.kayakmississippi.com/

Tour du Teche II, Race - October 7-9 http://www.techeproject.com/tour-du-teche.html

Paddle Florida, October 13-20 http://www.paddleflorida.org/oct11/details1011.htm