May 25th - Pine Point (#33)

I went up to spend Saturday at Pine Point Campground on Cowichan Lake with the Pautik group. This gathering was organised once again by Gerhardt and was a very nice low key gathering of Greenland-style paddlers. Nice to meet a few new faces and to reconnect with some others. It was fun working on a few of my rolls and helping others with theirs. I went for a quick paddle out to the little islets to burn off a little fuel!
The weather was not bad though it started to rain a bit as I was leaving.

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6 km, YTD 351 km

May 19th - Pine Point Pautik Camp (#39)

We had a great morning of rolling practice and then lunch. After lunch a group of us went for a paddle up the lake in the hopes of catching the afternoon winds again. The winds never materialised, but we had a great paddle anyway. Dan and I decided to head back to Victoria on Saturday evening, so after some time spent chatting with other "pautikers" we set off for Victoria via Duncan where we had a great meal at "Noodles of the World"!
I had a great weekend meeting fellow Greenland pautikers  and am looking forward to next year! The walk in sites at Pine Point worked out well for our group.

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boats on the beach at the pautik camp - click to enlarge

14 km, YTD 468 km

May 18th - Pine Point Pautik Camp (#38)

Dan and I drove up to Cowichan Lake early Friday afternoon and were the first of the group to arrive at Pine Point Rec Site for the Pautik Camp. There was a building westerly wind, so Dan and I set out for a paddle out to some islets into a 15 knot or so wind. It was the second paddle for my new Tahe Greenland T and it did well in the waves. We then had a tail wind and waves to push us back to the camp site and managed to catch a bunch of great rides on the waves. As you can see from the track, the speeds were a bit different each way!

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Soon after our return, the camp began to fill up with a good turnout of Greenland Paddlers!

5 km, YTD 454 km