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Sunday, November 03, 2024
November 3 - Discovery Island (#21)
Monday, October 14, 2024
October 12 - Buttle Narrows (#20)
While Monica and I were camping at Buttle Lake, I took the Aquaglide Chelan out for a short paddle around the narrows. My GPS plot did not work, so I have made an approximate route based on memory...
We had great weather and it was good to be testing our new trailer for off grid camping...
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4 km, YTD 201 km
Thursday, October 03, 2024
October 3 - Discovery island (#19)
I paddled out to meet Dan and Paulo at Cadboro Point for a paddle around the islands. It was hard work paddling over the top of the islands and also back across Baynes (wind and current against). I saw both Steller's and California sea lions as well as marbled murrelets, pigeon guillemots, harlequin ducks, dunlin, cormorants, gulls, turkey vulture, bald eagle, great blue heron. It was good to get out again, though I was a bit out of shape!
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15 km, YTD 197 km
September 7 - Nanaimo River (#18)
August 29 - Oak bay (#17)
August 23- 27 - Great Bear rainforest trip (#s13,14,15,16)
While I was leading a trip on Cascadia, we managed to fit in 4 nice little paddles
23 August -Campania Island # 13
This was a very special paddle as we saw a wolf amble down the beach and then sit down in front of us! 6 km
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23 August evening and 24 August morning #14, #15
We paddled into the cove twice and were surrounded by pink and chum salmon. 5 km
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Saturday, August 10, 2024
August 10th (#12)
I paddled out to Cadboro Point to meet Paulo for a paddle around the islands. We had some fog crossing over to Chatham, but it cleared up after that. I saw a few seals with small pups and thousands of gulls on the south side of Discovery. We ended up having great conditions: sunshine, little wind, and little or no current. There were lots of harlequin ducks around and a few bald eagles.
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15 km, YTD 154 km
Sunday, August 04, 2024
August 4th - Discovery island (#11)
I paddled out to Cadboro Point to meet Dan and Paulo for a paddle around the islands. there was a strong ebb happening when we started which turned to a flood by the time we finished which was nice. Not much wind but there was a fog bank to the SE which eventually moved in so that my paddle back from Chatham was in fog! A birding highlight was a group of western sandpipers which visited us while we rested on a Discovery Island beach. It was too foggy to see Mt Rainier or Mt Baker!
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Sunday, July 07, 2024
July 7th - Discovery Island (#10)
Thursday, July 04, 2024
July 4th - Discovery Island (#9)
I paddled out to Cadboro Point to join Dan and Paulo for a paddle around the islands. Conditions were excellent! We met Alan and his group of Thursday paddlers on our way back - nice to see a few mor friends - I have not seen many this year due to a lack of paddling time! It was a great way to celebrate Aphelion - our greatest distance from the sun! I managed to remember to record the track with my watch today!
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Wednesday, July 03, 2024
July 3rd - Discovery Island (#8)
I paddled out to Cadboro Point to join Jennie and her "Wednesday wonderers" for a paddle out to the islands. Conditions were excellent and it was nice to catch up with a bunch of friends. I met Paulo at Rudlin Bay as I was heading back and we had a nice run with the current. Saw lots of Canada gees, some harlequin ducks, rhinoceros auklets, bald eagles, and a couple of marbled murrelets
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Saturday, June 29, 2024
June 29 - Oak bay (#8)
I went for a morning paddle to Oak Bay and stopped at a beach in front of the Oak Bay Beach hotel. It was lovely calm weather with little current. Lots of Pigeon Guillemots around. I also had great views of Mt Rainier on the outbound trip. It looks as if I am a bit behind on my annual paddling stats!
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Tuesday, May 21, 2024
May 21 - Mull (#7)
Wednesday, February 21, 2024
February 21 - Port Renfrew (#6)
I went for a solo paddle in Port Renfrew on the San Juan river mouth looking for some small surf to play in with the Hammer. There was very little surf but I did find a small break at the end of the beach and got a few runs. I saw a nice selection of birds. It was nice to be out on the water in Renfrew!
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Sunday, February 18, 2024
February 18 - Discovery Island (#5)
I paddled out to Cadboro Point to meet up with Dan and Paulo for a morning paddle around the Islands. Conditions were a bit lumpy on the north side of Chatham but the rest of the paddle was pretty calm. Currents were not to strong nor was the wind. We saw some Steller's sea lions out by Seabird Point as well as a few harbour seals. The birding was good with all the usual suspects: https://ebird.org/canada/checklist/S162108547
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