say hello to liz wilhelm and her husband, dallas smith.even spotted them this morning in san pablo. the duo is kayaking to every single one of the nine bay area counties. they started their adventure yesterday. it's expected to take 12 to 15 days to finish, and the kayakers own the point reyes adventure company, their professional kayaking guides, smith and his wife. or you can say wilhelm and her husband have been kayaking together for the last 15 years, so good luck to them. they'll be the first, you know, wife and husband duo to do this, so we'll see. 225 miles is a lot of kayaking, especially with a little rain coming next week, it could prove a little more challenging. perhaps they'll be done by then. more on your weather forecast and news coming up at . >>> tonight we have breaking news as we come on the air. just in this evening, the cause of death revealed for actor gene hackman and his wife. tonight, the chief medical examiner revealing oscar-winning actor gene hackman died of heart

. >> up against gusty winds, strong currents and some low tides, dallas smith and his wife, liz wilhelm are taking off on one epic adventure thursday morning. >> i was like, continuously circumnavigating it by kayak, you know, we haven't been able to find many people that have actually or really anyone that's actually done this before. >> starting and ending in pittsburg. they're taking 12 to 15 days to kayak a whopping 225 miles across all nine bay area counties. and to make it happen, the team is partnering with the san francisco bay water trail. >> which is a series of launch locations all around san francisco, san pablo and suisun bays. and we're like, hey, we can just like, connect these dots. and there's actually some camping along the way and some really cool stuff to see along the shoreline. >> smith and wilhelm have a combined 35 years of professional kayak guide experience, and they just opened point reyes adventure company together last year. for now, they're planning to camp about eight of the nights. the other nights they plan to stay at hostels or more affordable hotels al

say hello to liz wilhelm and dallas smith. sky seven spotted them this morning in san pablo bay.o was kayaking to every one of the nine bay area counties. look at them humming along there. they started their adventure yesterday and. >> that's on his phone. >> i know he's watching. come o, honey. keep paddling. we first introduced you to them yesterday. it's expected to take them 12 to 15 days to finish. it will be interesting to see after two weeks how it's going. >> i'm sure it'll be great. good luck. coming up, congratulations on a first class job. the celebration for two local u.s. postal service workers who are delivering their final letters after decades on your eye symptoms could mean something more. that gritty feeling can't be brushed away. even a little blurry vision can distort things. and something serious may be behind those itchy eyes. up to 50% of people with graves' could develop a different condition called thyroid eye disease, which should be treated by a different doctor. see an expert. find a t-e-d eye specialist at isitted.com celebrating women who shape oakla

. >> up against gusty winds, strong currents and some low tides, dallas smith and his wife, liz wilhelmne epic adventure thursday morning. >> i was like, continuously circumnavigating it by kayak, you know, we haven't been able to find many people that have actually or really anyone that's actually done this before. >> starting and ending in pittsburg. they're taking 12 to 15 days to kayak a whopping 225 miles across all nine bay area counties. and to make it happen, the team is partnering with the san francisco bay water trail. >> which is a series of launch locations all around san francisco, san pablo and suisun bay. and we're like, hey, we can just like, connect these dots. and there's actually some camping along the way and some really cool stuff to see along the shoreline. >> smith and wilhelm have a combined 35 years of professional kayak guide experience, and they just opened a joint venture company together last year. for now, they're planning to camp about eight of the nights. the other nights they plan to stay at hostels or more affordable hotels along the way. >> we're hopin

dallas smith and his wife, liz wilhelm, are trying to become the first duo to circumnavigate all nineounties. they are taking the whole trip in a tandem kayak. they started in pittsburg yesterday morning and will spend the next 12 to 15 days completing their trip along the san francisco bay water trail. >> which is a series of launch locations all around san francisco, san pablo and suisun bays. and we were like, hey, we can just like connect these dots. and there's actually some camping along the way and some really cool stuff to see along the shoreline. >> smith and wilhelm have a combined 35 years of professional kayak guide experience. they are planning to camp for about eight of the nights. the other nights they plan to stay at hostels and hotels along the way. you can follow along on their journey on instagram at point reyes adventure company. >> have you ever done a tandem kayak? >> austin? >> was it with your husband? >> yes. >> and you survived it? >> i did. you have to really communicate. >> i won't. >> do it again. really? >> would you rather do that or a five hour road tri

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