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We just got back from our first-ever sea kayaking adventure, spending 6 days exploring the Canadian southern Gulf Islands. We had a great time and are slowly getting our journal online. We thought we'd post what we have, as family and friends might like to read about the adventure, as it unfolded. Cheers! (Busily working away at spell-checking and such)

First-Ever Kayaking Trip: Canadian Southern Gulf Islands

Descriptive and entertaining entry about how lucky we are to have such a wonderfully diverse, rich and popular sea kayaking destination right in our own backyard. Till such time as I cobble all that together, just pop on in and read about our recent 6-day kayaking trip.

Though we're no strangers to camping, backpacking, cycle-touring and other outdoor adventure ... this was our first time traveling by sea kayak. We can laugh now at some of our mistakes, preconceptions and landlubbing ways, but make no mistake - we had a great time and we're hooked! There will be many more sea kayaking adventures in our future (and Alex's too, though she missed this one, away with her maternal grandparents and having her own summer adventure at Watch Lake).

Route Map: We drove to nearby Saltspring Island without an itinerary in mind. Because it was our first kayaking adventure, we had no idea how far we might travel in a day. We ended up averaging about 15 miles per day, which allowed us to visit the outermost of the Gulf Islands (Saturna Island) and nearly took us into U.S. waters.

Note: The text is a bit raw, at this point, as I've only run it through the spell-checker - still need to go through and finalize it. (Three cheers to Rachel for all her hard work writing the journal!! Yippee! Yippee! Yippee!)

What's Completed:

• Intro Text | Pictures
• Day 0 Text | Pictures
• Day 1 Text | Pictures
• Day 2 Text | Pictures
• Day 3 Text | Pictures
• Day 4 Text | Pictures
• Day 5 Text | Pictures
• Day 6 Text | Pictures
• Slide Show
• Resources & Planning