Friday, September 07, 2012

Gorge@Dusk

Another warm late summer day here on the We(s)t Coast, but a change in the weather is coming, so Louise and I invited Paula to a dusk paddle on The Gorge tonight.
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We launched at high tide slack. The Gorge was the smoothest we've ever seen it.
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It was so calm that we paddled under the Tillicum Bridge, not something that can be done all the time. Often it's a bubbling rapid, but today it was flat and gentle.
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We puttered up The Gorge towards Portage Inlet, past a heron looking for a late evening snack.
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In Portage Inlet, the water was dead flat. The only other time we've seen it this flat was when it was frozen over.
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We watched the sun go down, then we headed back.
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Trip Length: 6.25
YTD: 146.00 km
More pictures are here.
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