The most scenic lunch beach yet is just outside the passage exit. Five of us turn left out of the Lodge, then take another left down the peaceful Julia Passage complete with a few houseboats since it’s outside the Park. Frances Barkley we split into two groups for a short paddle. Prior to our 4 pm departure, day six, on the M. At the same time, dense afternoon fog quickly moves in accompanied by wind, so we hightail it back to the Lodge after ten miles of paddling. Just when I think the sea life portion of our trip is over, low tide delivers the goods – and more bear sightings! The white (crushed shells) tropical looking beach of the Treble Islands is an inviting lunch stop but it’s nearly gone with the rising tide as we depart. The only sound I hear is my paddle blade slicing the water while crossing the small channel between Sechart Lodge and Nettle Island. Happy hour is happy while reliving our escapade and eleven miles of superb paddling.įog hangs in the air nearly all the way down to the glassy water as we set out early for day four. A round of applause erupts after everyone is safely aboard.
He tells me to paddle over to his boat and proceeds to pull my kayak up on his ramp and then tells me to “get out of my kayak” – on the lowered ramp! Wow. The rest of us are still in our kayaks in the water. Beaches in the BGI are limited so Gordon, a former bush pilot, successfully loads half of the kayaks from the large driftwood logs on the shore. Upon arriving at our pick-up point on Dempster Island, we find that it’s only a beach at low tide – it’s high tide now. We land on a nice sandy beach on Gilbert Island for lunch which suddenly gets crowded when a commercial trip shows up after which a Tseshaht Beach Keeper gives an impromptu talk on the history of the First Nations in the BGI – lots of annihilation over territory it seems. We meander around Effingham Island counterclockwise marveling at the sea stars (bat, leather and ochre), colorful spiny sea urchins, enormous kelp (bull, feather boa, rockweed and sugar), mussels (blue and giant california), barnacles (acorn, goose and giant thatched) along with a multitude of anemone, snail and crab species and the biggest sea cucumber I’ve ever seen! The rock faces and arches are especially scenic during our unusually calm waters and wind again today.
No one in the group even mentions the $60 per person fee each way – obviously we are having way too much fun.
The dreaded thought of not going back to the outer islands this trip, is abated at breakfast after we decide to get dropped off AND picked up on our third day of paddling.
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