Saturday, August 5, 12023 Human Era (HE) Preamble RamblesSelecting Mudge IslandWhat About Dodd NarrowsSituating Mudge IslandDoing DoddPlanning ParticularsSUP Float Plan: Circumnavigation of Mudge IslandLeaving to Launch SiteMy KitClothingPaddle. Board.AccessoriesLaunch SiteWaxing on WearablesPaddle LogCurrent CheckEnter the NarrowsMade It!False NarrowsBull Kelp and Mermaid BladdersEnd of the IslandSandstone StopGPS ComparisonRelive ReviewFinal ThoughtsRisk and CapabilityFinishing What You Started PreambleContinueContinue reading “Doing Dodd Narrows: SUP Touring Mudge Island”
Tag Archives: Vancouver Island
Galiano Gallery, Gabriola Island. Say what?
Tuesday, August 9, 12022 HE gallery noungal·lery | \ ˈga-lə-rē, ˈgal-rē \plural galleriesDefinition of gallery1a: a roofed promenade : COLONNADEb: CORRIDOR sense 1https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gallery A year minus a day later, I find myself in the same waters. Last year, on the 10th of August, I circumnavigated Saysutshun (Newcastle Island Marine Provincial Park). After having ventured to Jáji7em and Kw’ulh Marine Provincial Park (aka. Sandy Island) on the Qualicum Beach leg of our Vancouver Island family vacation,ContinueContinue reading “Galiano Gallery, Gabriola Island. Say what?”
Jáji7em and Kw’ulh Marine Provincial Park
Monday, August 1, 12022 HE We are on Vancouver Island again for a family vacation. We’ve done a similar trip the last couple of years. It is a great family getaway, with the added bonus that we are close to the water with many new places to explore. Yesterday we met some friends at Spider Lake and spent theContinueContinue reading “Jáji7em and Kw’ulh Marine Provincial Park”
Saysutshun Circumnavigation
Tuesday, August 10, 12021 HE We are away on Vancouver Island for a family vacation. We did the same trip last summer after the pandemic lockdown eased. We had booked for the spring of 2020 but, with the British Columbia Provincial Health Officer issuing a travel advisory recommending against non-essential travel, we decided to cancel our trip. Fortunately, theContinueContinue reading “Saysutshun Circumnavigation”
Wildlife Explorers
Thursday, August 5, 12021 HE We are away on Vancouver Island for a family vacation. We did the same trip last summer after the pandemic lockdown eased. We had booked for a spring trip in 2020 but, with the British Columbia Provincial Health Officer issuing a travel advisory at the time, recommending against non-essential travel, we decided to cancelContinueContinue reading “Wildlife Explorers”
SUP ‘Surfs’ Up
Tuesday, August 3, 12021 HE The video below is an informative TED-Ed short film on the history of surfing. It serves as an excellent preamble to this post. https://youtu.be/jyn_orqdyHQ We are away on Vancouver Island for a family vacation. We did a similar trip last year, where I got a lot of paddling in as we were staying rightContinueContinue reading “SUP ‘Surfs’ Up”
Ballenas Island(s)
Monday, August 17, 2020 The map above is a strange situation in Google Maps where the satellite view of Ballenas Islands shows empty space. So it looks like I went out and circled nothing. Yet in Google Maps map view the Ballenas Islands are depicted. My paddle to the Ballenas Islands was a sequel to my explorations (Denman Island Crossing, Winchelsea Islands?) of places to paddleContinueContinue reading “Ballenas Island(s)”
Winchelsea Islands or Were They?
Saturday, August 15, 2020 While away in Parksville (we were staying near Rathtrevor Beach Provincial Park) I used the paddling.com app to search for local launch sites for different areas to explore. The launch site near Brickyard Community Park looked promising with a few islands nearby off of the shoreline. As I did more research I found out that these were the WinchelseaContinueContinue reading “Winchelsea Islands or Were They?”
Correctly Mistaken Island
Friday, August 14, 2020 We are staying in Parksville near Rathtrevor Beach Provincial Park. If you have not been to Rathtrevor Beach Provincial Park before I would definitely recommend that you go. Funnily enough, the first time that I came here was as a youth when I joined my best friend’s family on their summer vacation. However, I neverContinueContinue reading “Correctly Mistaken Island”
Denman Island Crossing: Baynes Sound
Wednesday, August 12, 2020 I knew that I was not going to make it to Denman Island or Hornby Island leaving from our place near Qualicum Beach from my previous (albeit not serious) attempt. So after scouting out nearby launch sites from paddling.com I decided to cross to Denman Island from Deep Bay, which was approximately a 15-minute drive up the island. I decidedContinueContinue reading “Denman Island Crossing: Baynes Sound”
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