LaRhee & Monica wait for the start of the 2003 Support Strokes paddle around Alameda Island to support Breast Cancer prevention.

Craig & Shiela

The final leg - the home stretch down the Alameda channel, along all those tall cranes.

Monica

Me

Craig

Rounding the south end of Alameda Island, and the city of San Francisco comes into view.

This is Andy on his first ever kayak ride - I'm terrified, even though his mom his holding my boat, and the water is only an inch or so deep. Support Strokes was started in memory of Andy's dad's wife, Lore Hogan, who succumbed to breast cancer in her 30's. John remarried, and Andy is his first child. It was an honor paddling in Lore's name.

The half-way point - about 8 miles into our paddle. This is Crown Beach on Alameda Island, where we'll have a little lunch, then continue on.

Heading back out to finish the rest of the paddle.