Kayaking / Canoeing Guides and Trips
Trips
Started from the City Light launch near Diablo Dam. The snow was falling lightly, and the wind was at our backs as we headed up the lake into the canyon leading to Ross Dam. The wind picked up to the point of being able to hold a speed of 3 knots without placing my paddle in the water. (All the time thinking how much fun the return trip would be.)Upon reaching Ross...
Parade of Lighted Ships (and kayaks)
Boston Harbor, Washington, United States
Kayaking / Canoeing | 3.3 miles
Kayaking / Canoeing | 3.3 miles
Again, no pictures, since this was as night. Went out to watch the Olympia Yacht Club's Lighted Ship Parade.
No pictures...It was too damn cold! Trip was completed in a near blizzard - and about 20 degrees air temperature.
Boston Harbor to Frye Cove County Park
Edgewater Beach, Washington, United States
Kayaking / Canoeing | 9.8 miles
Kayaking / Canoeing | 9.8 miles
The weather wasn't a 10, but it wasn't actually too bad either. We left about 11 and headed across to Cooper Point. The wind was out of the south and on our beam for the crossing. We kept heading west and explored Sanderson Harbor before continuing south for lunch at Frye Cove County Park. Unfortunately when we left the wind had died down, crushing our hopes for a nice assist on the...
SSAK trip around Anderson Island. The weather was less than perfect, although we had the winds at our backs for about half the trip. The second half was much less fun.The wind was probably in the 10 to 20 knot range and the seas were anywhere from glass calm to 3 foot wind waves.
Day 4 - ThursdayWe awoke to more rain, and now fog. Around breakfast, and after a call home to verify ferry times, we came to the realization that if we left for Toquart Bay this morning we could make the 1900 Coho back to Victoria. We all decided this was a much better prospect than breaking camp, and reassembling a bunch of wet gear at Toquart Bay.So, we set about breaking down...
Day Two - TuesdayTuesday began at a reasonable hour, for me at least, sometime around 0730. Paul and Gerry had been up earlier and I joined them for breakfast. The weather forecast was for okay weather in the morning, getting windy and rainy buy the afternoon. As we sipped our tea and coffee we asked the guide who had kindly shared his leftovers the previous night what his plan was. His...
Day 1 - MondayThe trip to the launch at Toquart Bay took nearly all of Sunday. Gerry picked me up at 7:30 and we arrived at the launch at 6:00 pm that night. The 4+ hour travel time from Victoria seemed to drag on and on, but finally we arrived. We had decided to camp at the launch since it would be getting dark within an hour after our arrival. The plan...
Left Luhr Beach around 10:30ish, went up one of the sloughs until we ran out of water, then came back our and had lunch on a beach not too far from my house. Ted tested out the foot paddler, then we headed up the main channel of the river for a while. On the way back Gerry almost caught a salmon, or was it a buoy? We may never know...
Left from Owen Beach for the short trip over to Vashon. Stayed mostly on the outer edge of Quartermaster Harbor. The "security" for the Tall Ships was laughable...basically a bunch of cop-wannabies in their ski boats. The parade itself was a little disorganized and the water was very sloppy.
Probably the hottest day of the year so far, and what better way to spend it? Despite half the population of Thurston County being on the lake, it was a very enjoyable paddle since you get to see a stretch of water that few people visit. We were eventually stopped after two portages by a large tree that blocked out path, and retreated back to the depths of Black Lake.
Normally...
Pretty basic trip: Ride the ebb out, wait at Owens Beach, then ride the flood back to Titlow Beach. Maximum speed attained was 10 knots according to my GPS. Played for a while in the rip off Pt Defiance which was made better by some large powerboat waves. The total trip times includes roughly an hour and a half at Owens Beach - the actual time moving was under...
The day started off cloudy but then become beautiful and sunny. Stopped for lunch at the southeast tip of the island.
Memorial Day Camping trip with the South Sound Area Kayakers. We shared the island with a million other people including 30 fairly well-behaved sea scouts.
There is acutally three trips here. 2.2 miles out to the island from Southworth, 4.4 around the island later that day, and 4.2 on the way home. Good luck seeing any of that in the track since they overlap quite a bit.
Anderson Island Circumnavigation
Beachcrest, Washington, United States
Kayaking / Canoeing | 15.3 miles
Kayaking / Canoeing | 15.3 miles
Arrived at the Luhr Beach boat launch at about 9:00. Weather was perfect. High in the mid 70s and just a few clouds here and there.
Leaving Luhr Beach, I was able to catch the ebb as it came out of McAllester Creek, but quickly began to watch my speed decrease as I made it farther into Nisqually Reach. I headed for the shore on Anderson and was able to...
Squaxin Island Circumnavigation
Boston Harbor, Washington, United States
Kayaking / Canoeing | 14.0 miles
Kayaking / Canoeing | 14.0 miles
The morning started out pouring down rain and visibility of about a mile. However as soon as we put in, the weather cleared up dramatically and it was fairly nice the rest of the day. Towards the end I even was a little too warm. Went north through Peale Passage after getting halfway across Dana Passage and deciding to right rather than left. Coming down through Pickering Passage...
What a difference a week makes. From sleet and snow to nearly 70 degrees and sunny. An absolute wonderful day.
The day started with me going to the wrong launch point and realizing it just in the nick of time. The Black River lazily meanders through southeaster Thurston County ending up at the Chehalis River. Most of the river was basically a slow moving lake, with a...
Started at Thea's Park at around 10:00am. The walk down to the water is a bit challenging due to the oversized stairs and the abundence of nice round river rock on the beach. We headed over to the Hybelos waterway, enjoying the wonderful sights and smells of the Tacoma waterfront.
As we approached the Kalakala, it became painfully obvious that the ship was a sorry state. A quick...
