Daily Photo — Kayak Adventures

Over the long weekend, I travelled to Bowser on Vancouver Island to celebrate my friend Brodie's aunt's fiftieth birthday. It was a great adventure. We had a massive clam bake on saturday and then a great kayak adventure on Sunday. For the clam bake, Brodie dug two massive pits on the beach and lined them with rocks. In the pits, two fires were built and burned for 6 hours to get the rocks nice and hot. Once the rocks were caliente the coals were removed and seaweed was thrown on the rocks. With the steam rising, the clams, mussels and crab were thrown on the seaweed, covered with a tarp and steamed for one hour. Then the feast began. Delicious.

The Beach where we did the clam bake, obviously at low tide. The real beach is off the to right of the picture.

On Sunday, Brodie and I did a multi-hour kayak adventure from Bowser to Hornby Island. We saw seals, Bald Eagles and lots of fish. Surfing the ocean whitecaps is one of the best parts of kayaking. We set out at low tide and had to carry the boats quite a distance out to the water. This was made all the more difficult by wearing flip flops while walking on slippery, seaweed covered rocks. But we made it and had fun surfing the rough seas on our way to Hornby Island.

You get some great speeds as the wave pushes your forward further into the expansive ocean. Now I really want to buy a sea kayak so I can do this every weekend.

A bald eagle perched on Hornby Island.

Brodie Lipon kayaking in the Pacific Ocean.