We had spring in winter, then winter for the first part of spring. But now it looks like summer might finally be approaching as we had a paddling day under clear warm skies for the first time since I don't know when.
Before we began, Louise and Paula compared toe-nail colours. Louise was in teal and Paula in silver. My toe-nails were going commando.
Tracy joined us as well (she declined to mention what colour her toe-nails were), and the four of us put in at Cadboro Bay for a paddle out to Chatham and Discovery Islands. We were facing a mild flood tide that wasn't really going to amount to anything, a perfect day to explore this small off shore island group.
At Chatham, we noodled around and explored. We thought we saw Richard paddling ahead of us. He was supposed to join us for today's paddle, but by the time we were ready to launch there was no sign of him. (Were his toe-nails still wet? If that was the case, they must have dried eventually because he did make it out after us.)
Whoever it was, we never caught up to him.
We paddled between Chatham and Discovery, then decided to do what we call the Grand Tour and cross over to the Chain Islands.
Here, we saw a few seals. We gave them a wide clearance as it's seal birthing season.
From there we returned to Cadboro Bay for a happy landing...
...and a big cup of coffee.
Trip length: 12.73 km
YTD: 61.46
More pictures are here.
The Google Earth kmz is here.
looks like a beautiful day of paddling, and a heck of a cup of coffee!
ReplyDeleteIt was a fabulous day! Our boats just flew.
ReplyDeleteGreetings from Newport Oregon! We had a fabulous day on Sunday too, good to see you made good use of it. I have done some kayaking off of Orcas Island many years ago, I am jealous to see these pics of your great day! Your toes look great too! Love and best wishes from your newest fan, "Mrs. Slug"
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