Story:
Day 4 - Thursday
We 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 camp. After getting everything back in the boats (or wodded and shoved in some cases) we set out in the fog. Visibility was somewhere around a mile, but I was certainly glad I had my trusty GPS for the long crossing to the Stopper Islands.
We covered the distance in just a tick over two hours, and quickly loaded our wet gear and we bodies into Gerry's Subaru for the four hour trip back to Victoria to catch the Coho.
For those who weren't keeping score along the way the total distance paddled was just over 50 miles. Not a huge distance for four days, but around shade under 15 a day for the three we paddled.
Despite the weather, it was a great trip and I'm ready to do it again. There were some places we didn't make it to, and I can't wait to go back.
Comments (3)
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Great story and some really good pic's! I envy you and can just hope I can mange a trip like this. Maybe we get out next weekend if the weatherforcast looks ok. Last time we tried ( in may ) there was snow! I drysuite maybe would be nice, I have only used that when I dived. You can add that to your list of Swedish paddler :)
Tanks for the trip
Ibasto
by Ibasto on Sep 03, 2008
Great story and some really good pic's! I envy you and can just hope I can mange a trip like this. Maybe we get out next weekend if the weatherforcast looks ok. Last time we tried ( in may ) there was snow! I drysuite maybe would be nice, I have only used that when I dived. You can add that to your list of Swedish paddler :)
Tanks for the trip
Ibasto
Story and pictures will be forthcoming...Still a work in progress....
by solsticejustin on Aug 31, 2008
What a trip! If you let us here the story to you will get the stars :)
How was the sea? I tend to feel a very small when there are waves. The summer goes to the end and the wavepractis probably has to wait until next summer. Whats the weather like over there? In Sweden the day temp is about 15 deg C ( 60 F )on a good day and the water temp is about the same and falling
Ibasto
by Ibasto on Aug 31, 2008
How was the sea? I tend to feel a very small when there are waves. The summer goes to the end and the wavepractis probably has to wait until next summer. Whats the weather like over there? In Sweden the day temp is about 15 deg C ( 60 F )on a good day and the water temp is about the same and falling
Ibasto
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