tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71717143740015470712024-02-20T22:59:17.556-03:30Newfoundland KayakoholicDeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17175143758219122128noreply@blogger.comBlogger358125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7171714374001547071.post-58868182652476943462021-04-16T17:12:00.000-02:302021-04-16T17:12:02.318-02:302021 - Post 1 - Bay Bulls: A Paddling (dis)Location<p> <span style="font-family: verdana;">A paddle was suggested a few days before Christmas, and so I
met Florence and Matt in Bay Bulls and we soon geared up and were on the
water.</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">The bottom of the harbour was
flat calm but as I looked out the harbour I could see the effects of the swell
along the shore further out.</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">I wondered
if we would be able to get inside Baboul Rocks.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I felt stiff from the hike I did the day before, and so I intentionally
paddled closer to the shoreline in the little bits of action to try loosen up
before we paddled out to far.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">We had not paddled very long, fifteen or twenty
minutes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I had been watching the waves
as we approached a rock garden and decided it was quite doable to go in and
have a little fun.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Seconds after I went
in a couple bigger waves came in, and North Cape Jenny was pulled out from
under me as the water quickly sucked out and I found myself over on my starboard
side.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I braced and righted the
kayak.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I paddled forward and the waves
just kept crashing in, draining out, and coming back in, seemingly bigger each
time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This was going to be a little ride!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was pushed around some and ended up sitting
to close to the rocky shore for comfort when the water drained out again, and there
were some exposed rocks in front of me, preventing me from moving forward.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That feeling of “sitting like a dead duck’
came over me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But I readied myself to
make a dash over those rocks when the next wave came in and ride the receding
water out…<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Well, the next wave came in alright, but it authoritatively picked
Jenny and I up and shoved us toward the shore.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I knew it would be a short ride and I sufficiently leaned against the
power of the wave and braced, intentionally allowing my hull to take the brunt
of the impact against the rock shoreline.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>After the impact I found myself under the kayak, and I started to set up
to roll up… but my left arm just wouldn’t do what it was supposed to do!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">It’s funny what one thinks about while under a kayak, and
the world is all white and bubbly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As I
was feeling for my spray skirt loop I was trying to remember the last time I
had to bail… that time Clyde did the recue in Tors Cove…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>was it two or three years ago?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Was it March?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>A good pull and the skirt came off and I surfaced.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The water was still coming in and out and I positioned
myself so the kayak was between me and the shore.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But Jenny and I were being pushed around; I
lost my footing a couple times.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
couldn’t use my left arm with any sense but was able to hold my paddle in my
left hand and wrangle the kayak with my right.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I was thinking I must have pulled something in that arm.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I managed to sit on the rocky shore, feet in the water, and
put my paddle up high enough so it wouldn’t get pulled out and then I manoeuvered
the kayak into position so I could hold the stern toggle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Matt was yelling to me… “Do you want a
tow?”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My initial plan was to push Jenny
out to him and then swim out with my paddle for the rescue.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The water settled enough and Matt came closer and with my
right arm I pushed Jenny to him with a hard shove.</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">When I pushed I felt great pain in my left
arm and shoulder.</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">With that pain I
quickly knew I would not be able to swim out for the rescue.</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">It was time for a B-Plan.</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I got up out of the water and held my paddle like a walking
staff in my right hand, as I stepped along the icy and slippery rocks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I thought I would walk back along the rocky shore
where it was calmer and get back into the kayak.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Every step I took sent a little jolt of pain through my arm
and shoulder area, and I wondered if I had been bashed against a rock, but I
couldn’t remember an impact on my body at any time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I surrendered to the fact that there was no
way I was going to be able to paddle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My
arm was weird and tingly and just kind of hanging off me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I tried to hold my paddle in my left hand at
one point but couldn’t do it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Florence
and Matt would have to tow me back if I did get back in Jenny; likely one of
them would have to hold my kayak to make sure I stayed upright.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Matt was calling out to me…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>“Are you okay?”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I answered in the
negative and pointed to my arm…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I called
to him to tow the kayak back and I that I would road walk (we were not that far
from the put-in).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I heard them talking,
devising their plan of action.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Florence was
saying she would paddle back and get her car, so I knew she would be coming up
the road for me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Do you have your
radio?” Matt asked…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Nope.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My rechargeable battery had stopped working a
while ago and I still hadn’t picked up alkaline batteries for it… I searched
for the best path through the rocks to the houses above as I gingerly made my
way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That arm seemed to hurt a little
more with every movement…<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">As I walked along the road I tried to move my arm to access
the damage.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My bicep and tricep felt
funny but my shoulder didn’t hurt that much, and I couldn’t remember hitting
anything hard. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I wondered how long this
would take to heal up; I had been contemplating a camp trip during the
Christmas break. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was a slow
walk.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I was maybe half way back when I saw Florence coming up the
road.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I guess she didn’t see me because
she stopped, hoped out of her car, and was looking over the bank.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She must have thought I was walking along the
shore...<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then she turned around and saw
me as I walked up to her… can’t remember what was said, but she took my paddle
and helped get my PFD off, and drove me back to the put-in.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">When we got out of the car Florence grabbed a blanket and
tried to put it over my head!!!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“I’m not
cold” I told her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But she figured I must
have been as I was in the water for a bit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Then she got a thermos of homemade turkey soup out of her car.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I guess it was her lunch.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Have to say that it was really good, although
I could only drink the broth as I only had one working hand.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I guess she figured when someone is hurt you
just gotta keep them warm and fed…. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I started to try to get my drysuit off, but that arm just
would not work and was painful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Florence
carefully helped me with that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Peeling
off the drysuit was an agonizing event!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She
had to pull off my boots too.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I managed
to get my legs into my pants by myself but couldn’t get them done up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Florence had to help me finish getting
dressed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(We’ve since joked about “that
time Florence had to dress me…”.)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">By the time Florence had me straightened away Matt was back
at the cars.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With my drysuit off and my
street clothes on, I put my right hand on my bicep, feeling around, and worked
up to my shoulder… I could feel something was out of place, like a bone was
sticking out… This was the first time I realized that I had actually dislocated
my shoulder!!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Well that meant a trip to
the hospital, and a plan was quickly hatched.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Florence would drive me in my car, and Matt would follow behind.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As I sat in the passenger seat of my car they
got out of their drysuits and started to load up the gear.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sitting there I finally had a chance to
relax, at least as much as I could.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
tried to put on my seatbelt but couldn’t.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The pain was increasing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I guess ‘relaxing’ there caused the adrenaline of the preceding events
to wear off, or maybe just not being active allowed my body to feel the pain
that had been there all along.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Nevertheless, I was glad when Florence jumped in and we started moving.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I can’t remember much of the conversation as we drove to St.
Clair’s.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I could not get any relief from
the mounting pain no matter which way I tried to sit or position my arm.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>By the time we got to St. Clair’s the pain
was quite excruciating at times.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She
walked me into the Emergency Department when we got there and then returned to
Matt waiting outside.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She dropped my car
at my house and then Matt drove her back to Bay Bulls to get her car.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Standard procedure occurred in the Emergency Department;
sign in, give them the particulars… and wait your turn.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I had told them I was one-hundred percent
sure my shoulder was dislocated, but the nurse on the desk said they couldn’t
do anything until x-rays were taken to verify.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>So I sat in the waiting room, trying to breathe through the pain.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was radiating into my left chest by then,
and I had numbness in my arm and hand.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>My hand looked discoloured too, and now and then it would shake a
little.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">About an hour passed and they took me for x-rays, then back
to the waiting area.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Maybe it was the
moving around to/from the x-ray department but I was feeling pain like I had
not experienced before.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There was no
relief from it and at times I felt that I might actually throw up, maybe even
pass out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I tried to control it by
breathing, tapping my feet in some sort of rhythm on the floor, and focusing on
objects… can’t say anything really helped but it gave me something to do while
waiting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Finally someone came and said they would bring me into a
room in back and get me set up to pop my shoulder back in. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was hoping someone had a gun back there to
just put me down!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was only a short
walk to ‘the room’ but it was awfully painful.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">“We can cut your shirt off, or we can try to remove it…” the
Nurse said.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve had that polypropylene
shirt and microfleece sweater since just after I started kayaking and it was
worth trying to save them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I figured
there was no way this could hurt any worse.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The Nurse gingerly helped me but when it came time to pull my injured
arm out of the sleeves an awful shot of pain went through me and I called out
in agony!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But the shirt and sweater were
off and I felt a silly sense of accomplishment…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I looked at my shoulder and it looked to me like there was a
bone that wanted out, trying to push out of my skin… The Nurse said she would
have to put in an I.V. and I asked her if they could give me something for the
pain before they popped it back in.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My
experience with dislocated shoulders was only through movies, where someone
just contorted the arm and popped things back in place, with great screams of
pain by the injured person, or the hero of the movie would slam his shoulder
against a wall to put his shoulder back in place and carry on fighting the
villains… “Oh, we’re gonna put you out” she said… “It’ll hurt too much if we
don’t and you won’t feel a thing…” Friggin’ movies… <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It took the nurse four attempts to get the
needle in; three tries in my hand and then a final go in my arm…<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The doctor gave instruction as to how much medication to
give me, and someone said “it won’t be long now”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The half-dozen faces around the bed went
fuzzy and I blinked… but only one time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>“We’re all done, Mr. Fillier.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
looked at my shoulder.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The protruding
bone was gone, and I was in a tube sling, with my arm bound around my
body.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The pain was gone!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They sent me back for more x-ray’s and kept
me around for most of an hour, until they could check the x-rays, and my
daughter came to pick me up.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The next couple days I was pretty sore and couldn’t move my
arm at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then each day it was a
little less sore and I could start to use my hand to hold things, but I was
told not to lift anything, basically not to use the arm until I had my
follow-up appointment in ten days with orthopedics.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Almost a week after the incident occurred, Ol’ Wobbly picked
me up to go get a coffee.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Of course, we
talked about my incident, about things that were in my favour, and how it could
have been worse…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s easy enough to sit
and contemplate what could’ve been done differently, or think about how worse
it could have been, but the fact is that kayaking, like any outdoor sport,
carries with it certain risks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We humans
feel alive when outdoors and subjecting ourselves to real, and perceived, risky
adventures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It makes us feel a little
more alive.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I mean, really, what is the
alternative?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></p>Deanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17175143758219122128noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7171714374001547071.post-69814264013307668532019-10-23T20:01:00.000-02:302019-10-23T20:01:04.524-02:302019 - Post 16 - St. Philips to Portugal Cove<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Hazen put together a quick little paddle for last Saturday (October 19)... It did my kayaking soul good when I seen that ten of us showed up on relatively short notice... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I tried to get a picture of each participant... here they are:</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pam</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Laura</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Madison</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Brian</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cathy</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I thought I had everyone... but discovered I had not taken a picture of my good buddy Hazen.... This is the best I can do... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It was a great little October paddle and everyone seemed to of had a great time...</span><br />
<br />Deanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17175143758219122128noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7171714374001547071.post-1011563444787806652019-09-08T16:44:00.002-02:302019-09-08T16:44:17.447-02:302019 - Post 15 - Is this the last club paddle for the year?<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">There was a club paddle scheduled for Sept 7 in Aquaforte; which seems to generally be the last club paddle for the calendar year. The wind was forecast to be up in the afternoon and so it was cancelled.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">On Friday afternoon Hazen and I were doing a short hike and he mentioned that maybe we should do a club paddle out of St. Philips in the morning, before the wind came up. Good idea, buddy... He started walking around with his phone looking for a signal... he sent out an email, but wasn't sure if it got out and so found a signal further down the path and call President Dave to see if he received it... Yep, message received.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Saturday morning eleven of us congregated in St. Philips for a planned 9:30 put-in, with plans to paddle up to Portugal Cove, and back by noonish. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Although it wasn't a long paddle, when we got to Portugal Cove we took out on a beach for a little leg-stretch and chat before heading back to St. Philips.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">After the paddle half of us stopped at Bobby's (on the way back into town) for some paddle talk, refreshments, and eats... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I don't know why we don't do this paddle more often as a club paddle. It's a short drive for most of us to and from, and can be done in less than three hours, and that's taking our time with a beach break...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Anyway, it was a great idea Hazen... keep 'em coming.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Deanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17175143758219122128noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7171714374001547071.post-10314335452622911712019-09-02T15:10:00.002-02:302019-09-02T15:10:13.378-02:302019 - Post 14 - Cupcake Tripping<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">On the weekend past five of us decided to do a little overnight kayak trip to Great Colinet Island. I checked my log-book and the last time I was there was November 25/26, 2017!! You can check out that overnight trip by clicking</span> <a href="https://nlkayakoholic.blogspot.com/2017/11/post-20-late-year-kayak-camp-trip.html">HERE</a>.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We arrived at Admirals Beach at noonish and took our time packing up the kayaks... Well, some people packed the gear while some fueled up with pizza...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It was foggy enough that we couldn't see Great Colinet Island from the put-in beach. It's not a long crossing (maybe 1.5 kilometres), but we chose a bearing that would take up more or less directly across from Admirals Cove. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">We had a bit of headwind and conditions as we paddled down to Mosquito Cove, where we got out for a little break and stretch, although, per my GPS, we had only paddled less than five kilometers at this point.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The sun was out and the fog was trying to dissipate. We discussed our options. We would have preferred to camp in Wild Cove, but with the southerly wind we weren't convinced a safe landing on the beach in Wild Cove would be possible. The plan was to get in our kayaks and paddle maybe another kilometer to see what conditions were like the further south we went, and then would decide to either carry on or come back to Mosquito Cove for the night....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We got on the water, paddled a ways, and decided against Wild Cove...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Back in Mosquito Cove we made camp and relaxed for a while before supper. Brian fried up some very tasty treats (can't recall what it was called) for everyone and Sue took the roll of waitress and brought them to us as we sat in our chairs... (if anyone local is reading this, do remember to invite this couple on all your camping trips...)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We walked down the beach a little ways and made our suppers near one of the cabins, protected from the bit of wind.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Next thing I knew, Alison thoughtfully produced a cupcake, complete with decoration and candle, for my upcoming birthday...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">With our bellies full, and the pre-Bday celebration over, we gathered up a bit of wood that was lying around the beach and had a nice little evening fire.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Alison had brought some Jiffy-pop popcorn, which became the source of entertainment in the attempted making of, but was of little satisfaction to the taste buds.... Shane is never around when his pop-corn making skills are required....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The morning was sunny and still.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The plan for the day was to paddle across to, and down into, Shoal Bay. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">In the bottom of Shoal Bay, Clyde, Alison, and I took out on the beach for a little stretch while Sue and Brian waited...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">From the beach in Shoal Bay we followed the coast back around the headland and then back up to Admirals Beach...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Great Colinet Island has always been a fun little trip for kayak overnighters. There is camping to be had at Regina, Mosquito Cove, or Wild Cove, so you have options depending on the winds direction and the sea state. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Thanks to Brian, Sue, Clyde, and Alison for making this another fun little trip...</span><br />
<br />Deanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17175143758219122128noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7171714374001547071.post-35007525616843960422019-08-04T21:16:00.003-02:302019-08-04T21:38:31.842-02:302019 - Post 13 - Camping in Rantem Harbour<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I had a hiking overnight trip in my mind for this weekend. However, on Friday Clyde suggested another kayak camping trip (second weekend in a row, see previous post)... "The weather is good for paddling," he had said. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I contemplated passing in favour of the hike, but decided it was best to get in the paddling when the weather cooperates since August month is nearly gone! He sent out an invite to a bunch of people but we only ended up with two more paddlers. Four is a very good number for a little kayak trip.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">We drove to Chance Cove for the put-in Saturday morning.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">There was some swell along the way to Rantem Harbour, so paddling in very close to the shore to Rantem Harbour wasn't an option. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">We made our way down to Rantem to have a look..</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Off the headland going into Little Southern Harbour a whale was spotted and we sat for a while waiting and watching..</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">... and caplin to be seen below. If my Grandfather was on this trip he would of cocked his head to one side and said, "<i>Dean b'y, I tink der's millions of caplin down der..." </i>and then he would of lowered his voice and, nodding slowly, said "... <i>an' praps der's t'ousands too</i>..." as he tried to contemplate how many more thousands was than millions...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Somewhere around mid-afternoon we landed at our campsite.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">... but I brought my hammock on this trip and my new set of summer quilts to try out.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">After supper we pitched in and gathered up some firewood for the evening.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I awoke for the last time during the night just a little past 5 am, but stayed in the hammock, listening to the morning. I finally had to get out to pee and walked toward the beach to see if anyone was up....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">... trying to figure out where the blackberries went.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I noticed Allison's kitchen area, her artistic nature evident...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Clyde and I did this trip last year and invited a bunch of people then too, but we had no takers! This year we had two. Perhaps they will spread the good word about how great a trip this is and next year we will have a couple more...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Back in town I dropped off Clyde, and I headed back to the house to deal with my wet gear...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>Deanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17175143758219122128noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7171714374001547071.post-1747923771570654422019-07-30T19:59:00.000-02:302019-07-30T19:59:08.436-02:302019 - Post 12 - Camping, Clyde, and Caribou<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Clyde and I have done a bunch of impromptu camping trips (paddling and hiking) over the last couple years... We both are able and willing to step out of The Matrix on spur moments and immerse ourselves into The Real World on little overnighters. This weekend was no exception.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Later Friday evening Clyde texted me with a simple question. "<i>How about an overnight trip to Barhaven</i>?" </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I replied, "<i>Or maybe Gulch... decide when we get there</i>."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">"<i>What time you want me to pick you up in the morning</i>?" he asked.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">"<i>As early as you can stand it</i>" was my answer.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">"<i>I'll be there at 7 am</i>..."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This is a typical conversation of how we plan our little trips...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">By 10 am-ish we were in Garden Cove and unloading our kayaks, and packing in the gear.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">By 11 am-ish we were on the water and crossing over to Sound Island.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Taking our time, we landed at Carroll Point one side or the other of 3 pm. [Later I was told by a Garden Cove local that the name is really Carroll Sandy Point.]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We put up our tents. Clyde's (closet in picture) is a Tarptent Moment DW, and mine is a Tarptent Scarp 1... both great little tents.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">After we had made camp ready it was time to relax with a cold one. Clyde had brought a little cooler to keep our beer on ice...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Cleaning up supper dishes is hard work, so it was time to relax a little more...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">...before the chore of collecting firewood for the evening had to be done. </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">We had a little trouble getting the fire going in the evening wind but soon had a mesmerizing blaze to stare into... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I packed up most of my camping gear and had my breakfast on the beach by myself; Clyde was a sleepy head this morning. After breakfast I walked around a little bit, sizing up the day. Before long Clyde emerged and soon had his breakfast shoveled</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> down.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">As we contemplatively sat on the beach a caribou came around the little headland down the shore. Apparently they have keen eyesight (I Googled this fact) but I guess it wasn't bothered by us as it ambled its way closer and closer so we could get a good look it, or perhaps it was getting a better look at us...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We walked back to the cove and made some lunch. I warmed up some bottled Deer meat and canned peas, and Clyde broke out the bread and butter and put on the kettle to have a cup of tea with our lunch. We topped our meal off with a cookie that Clyde fished out of his kayak...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I didn't take any more pictures after we left our lunch spot. There was no need to - I had taken over a hundred pictures since the morning before and had taken nearly forty minutes of video to add another vlog to my YouTube Channel... you can see more of Rudolf's kin by clicking <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUkUmb5fgmE&t=52s">here</a>...</span><br />
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<br />Deanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17175143758219122128noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7171714374001547071.post-79433246172685781432019-07-22T18:53:00.000-02:302019-07-22T18:53:58.136-02:302019 - Post 11 - Sunday Solo Paddle (mostly)<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I woke up Sunday morning with no way to hold my head, that didn't hurt... and the beer I had for breakfast wasn't bad, so... Oh wait now! That's not what happened....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I woke up Sunday morning and checked the weather. My legs were a little sore from hiking Spurwink Island Path the day before. I thought about going for another hike, but when I checked the weather I decided it was a good morning for paddle instead.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I quickly emailed a bunch of people to let them know I was going to be in Bay Bulls if they were interested in joining. It was short notice so I didn't expect anyone to show, but you just never know.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Arriving at the slipway there were kayaks waiting. The Outfitters operates tours in the area and I knew I would likely encounter them on my way back.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I handrailed the southern side, checking out some caves along the way...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Fowl company...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Ah yes, my destination. I paddled and weaved among Baboul Rocks for a while, preoccupied with my thoughts....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">... and watching the Puffins...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">.. and the cod jigging persons...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">... and then made my way around the headland to have a look at Gull Island in Witless Bay. I thought about paddling over to the island, but decided to turn back.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I chatted with some of the fishermen in the vicinity for a while and watched a fellow haul in a pot-bellied, sizable cod, but most were smaller sized. I finally started making my way back along the way I had come.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">In the distance I could see the touring paddlers and suspected who might be guiding today... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Yep, it was The G-man. Been a while since I've him.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">What a splendid morning on the water!</span><br />
<br />Deanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17175143758219122128noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7171714374001547071.post-38064243880542265062019-07-07T19:09:00.001-02:302019-07-07T19:09:54.501-02:302019 - Post 10 - PNL Club Paddle: Cape Broyle<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Yesterday (July 6) we had our annual club paddle in Cape Broyle, led by Ron... I took nearly eighty pictures hoping to get a few good ones... Here are the ones I've selected to share..</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It was a very good day with, I believe, twelve paddlers in eleven kayaks....</span><br />
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<br />Deanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17175143758219122128noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7171714374001547071.post-13792338099504252852019-07-01T09:17:00.001-02:302019-07-01T16:56:14.649-02:302019 - Post 9 - PNL Overnighter<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Last year our overnighter was cancelled as a club event due to high winds, although some of us did the trip regardless... This past weekend (June 29th and 30th) the weather was perfect and so nine of us drove to Colinet for the put-in and paddled down to Pinchgut.</span><br />
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<br />Deanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17175143758219122128noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7171714374001547071.post-25435021574776271472019-06-02T16:24:00.000-02:302019-06-02T16:24:15.037-02:302019 - Post 8 - Three shall there be...<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I woke up this morning to low wind and sunshine. A good day to paddle. I sent an email to a few of my paddling friends. Only Shane and Ashleigh showed up; Tony seen the email too late, and others responded saying they could not make it... it was short notice, I know.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I picked up a coffee on the drive out Thorburn Road. The further I drove the foggier it became. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I sat in St. Phillips waiting, sipping, and thinking it's been a long time since I paddled on a foggy day and looked forward to it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It wasn't long and the three of us were on the water. Shane suggested a run to Portugal Cove as they were a limited on time... It was a good plan.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Further along the shore we had a little swell, just enough to have a little fun here and there.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Ashleigh is a newer paddler and asked for some guidance on her forward stroke... Well now, Shane and I don't need much persuading to help out any paddler that asks... and often, perhaps too often, we offer help without any occurrence of an ask... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">At Portugal Cove, we pulled up on the closest beach for a little stretch and snack. I watched Ashleigh drag her kayak up the beach when she landed and I knew she had rocks in the skeg box... the beach was full of little stones. I got my knife out and went to work, but once we had it freed up we discovered she likely has a kinked cable. I suggested she drill a hole and put a pull-line on her skeg. Then Shane said he still hadn't put one on his. I thought Shane was fully trained by now!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Somewhere on the way back Shane went inside a rock. The water sucked out and the wave rushed in. It knocked him over, with his beam transverse to the water, and he executed a textbook high brace, hung there for a partial second, righted himself, and paddled on. I wish I would of had it on video.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It was short paddle, but it was a great day on the water. We had a good bit of fun. Thanks Ashleigh and Shane for sharing the foggy paddle with me.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">From the berg we followed the coast along Money Cove and
then Bluff Head Cove to La Manche.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There
was confused water along these coves as the swell came into the coves and
rebounded back out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I felt a tippy-ness
in my Nordkapp – a feeling I had not felt in a long time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I attributed the feeling to the fact that I
have not been paddling much this year (this was only my tenth time) and it has been a long time since I
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and my hull felt normal again.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">We paddled out of the cove into
a headwind of about twenty kilometres.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
had on my neoprene gloves but my hands were really cold in the wind.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I wished I had on my paddling mitts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Once
we rounded Shady Point our headwind turned into a beam wind…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The next kilometre or two was bouncy until we
started to get protection from the wind inside the islands.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I was ahead of the other guys when I got to Pee Pee Island so I floated about, waiting for them. They
had stopped so Ron could put on his neoprene gloves.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His bare hands must have been pretty cold as
mine had been quite cold with my gloves on.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">When they caught up we carried on but I had to pee… must of
hung around Pee Pee Island too long!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
landed on the north end of the beach at Saint Michael’s to do my business.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When I got back into my kayak I was backing
out and the water sucked out and then rushed in and swamped me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I dealt with the water and got going.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When I rounded the little headland Clyde was
waiting for me but Ron had continued on.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Clyde and I took our time, playing along the shore where the
swell made things a little fun here and there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There was
a spot somewhere around Burnt Cove Island where the shit happened.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Clyde was ahead and paddled into this little ‘spot’.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When he cleared I took my turn but as soon as
I went in the water sucked out, dropped maybe three feet, and seconds later the
wave came in to get me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I did a little side-surf, turned my bow to paddle out, but the water sucked back out again and
the next wave got me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It pushed me back
in and my hull was on some rocks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I went
over and braced and seemed to hang there for a second.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think the water was still moving out and I
was suddenly under my kayak.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is how I
remember the events that followed over the next few minutes…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The last time I rolled was the first week in September
last year, but my instinct took over and
I set up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was nearly up but in the
turmoil I went over again.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Everything
was white.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My Greenland paddle was
twisted and so my hands were 'backward'.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rather
than take the time to slice the paddle around in the water I simply switched my
left and right hand positions and made another attempt.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Clyde later said he thought I had another go
at it but I do not remember.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Regardless,
I was over again and sucked in some water; I guess I forgot I couldn't breathe down there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
popped the skirt and surfaced.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was
coughing a bit and kinda felt like I might puke.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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but then the water would come back in and float me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At one point I could feel the seaweed caught
around my foot and the thought came into my mind that if the water came in high
enough and the seaweed had a good hold of me… well, I wondered if I could hold my
breathe seeing as I was doing a little coughing after swallowing some water…. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I kicked my leg to get if freed… <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">It’s funny how time seems to slow down when you’re getting
pushed around like that in the water.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It
seemed like I was out of my kayak for a good minute by the time Clyde seen my
predicament and got turned around to help out…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">He had his tow rope out and threw it to me, but the end wasn’t sufficiently weighted and it did not reach
me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> My sunglasses came off and I grabbed them before they sank. Clyde</span> made a second attempt with the rope and it
seemed closer but I could not reach it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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on the inside of my kayak to do it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
flipped my kayak upright and grabbed the bow toggle and started kicking to swim
it out of the spot I was in.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It got
knocked over though and so I kept kicking and then tucked one end of my paddle behind my back
and used it as an extension to my arm to move the upturned kayak along while I continued to kick my legs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then I got a friggin’ cramp in my calf!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Jesus, what else was going to happen!!!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p>Then I realized I did not have my hat and figured I would have to go back in for it when I got back in my kayak.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">After a few strokes I was out far enough for Clyde to come alongside.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I held on to his kayak and mine and he
paddled and I kicked as best I could with my cramp to move us further out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> I remember saying to him that I had lost my hat... I really like that hat. "I got your hat" he told me. When I asked how he managed to get my hat he said it was just floating there and he grabbed it. That made me happy. "Did you get any pictures?" I asked...</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I held onto his bow as he started to perform a
standard T-rescue.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;">I came up along the
outside of my kayak and, perhaps being chilly and tired from my swim, I had a
hard time grabbing the deck line on his bow.</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;">
</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;">I finally got hold of it, sunk back down into the water, hooked my heel
into my cockpit and pulled myself up on my back deck, lying on my stomach.</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;">I took a couple seconds and tried to spit up
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and Clyde grabbed a pump and pumped it out for me; I guess I looked beat out to him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I got my skirt on and then I held Clyde’s kayak
while he stowed his tow line away.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was
chilled and tired.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We stayed rafter up
for a while, discussing the event and what we might have done better… we
decided we should both start carrying our throw bags along with our tow ropes…
a throw bag would have really come in handy in that spot. In my opinion, I thought the rescue went rather well, considering it's been a long time since either of us had done any rescue practice.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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iceberg, a nice lunch spot, some confused water, some headwind, some beam seas,
and some rougher water swim and rescue practice.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br />Deanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17175143758219122128noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7171714374001547071.post-39434208514789614752019-05-21T21:48:00.002-02:302019-05-23T21:21:05.302-02:302019 - Post 6 - Paddling Retreat Weekend - May 17 to May 20<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">It's been six or seven years since I've attended the yearly May 24th Paddling Retreat Weekend!! For various reasons I decided to go this year.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I left work a 3 pm on Friday and headed home to load up my kayaks and gear. With a stop for gas about halfway, and another stop for a pee break and a coffee to refill the bladder, I finally made it. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Friday evening was the usual sign in and mull around to socialize a bit. I had not had any supper and the sandwiches and cookies provided were greatly appreciated.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">On Saturday I partook in the sea kayak paddle day.. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">By my count, thirty-three kayakers left the beach....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Most of the group went around the east side of Damnable Island, and the rest of us took the east side.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">As we paddled out into Damnable Bay, there was a lovely little iceberg waiting for visitors. I had heard the PNL Board had put in a special order for an iceberg for this years retreat because our guest speaker, Santiago (hope I got that right) had never paddled near one before....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">After mulling around the big ice-cube for a while, we split into two groups. Twenty-two paddlers opted for the shorter paddle and headed along the eastern shoreline, while eleven of us (myself included) opted for the longer paddle and continued along the western shoreline.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Our path took us over to Stock Cove Island, then Bakers Loaf Island, and then another crossing to Sailors Island, and then we found a lunch beach on Petty Island.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Shortly after we left our lunch beach we encountered a bery-bit and, due to it relative minuscule size, we deemed the risk was low and took turns paddling through the narrow channel... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">We crossed Eastport Bay and had a look at another iceberg before carrying on along the shore.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">At Tickle Bar Island half the group paddled around the island, but the rest of us took a chance that there just might be enough water to get through.. but we were wrong and had to to a little walking... no matter as it afforded a chance for a pee break for those that had to take one... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">We paddle across Damnable Bay to the iceberg where Santiago got his drone out and took some video from above. He showed the video at the presentation on Sunday evening and it was quite spectacular to see the berg from a birds-eye view...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Back at the take-out it was business as usual... get out of wet gear, load up the cars, and head back to the retreat location.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">For the evening supper, the club provided salads and baked potato, and those who wanted to were able to barbecue their BYOM on the provided grills.... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Sunday morning Neville and I woke just before 6:30. The window was just above his bed and he looked out and said "I think that's snow!!" Sure enough, when I looked out it was indeed snowing. About an hour or so later the snow turned to rain. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Clyde got up not too long after we did, and we had a little discussion about what we would do that day, and eventually decided we would take our short boats back to St. Chad's to do some rock hopping, in hopes that with the northerly wind we would get some good waves.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">We ambled about, eating breakfast and what-not. I made several trips in and out of doors and every time I came back into the warm cabin I was less enthusiastic about doing anything at all. I mentioned my waning enthusiasm to Clyde who said "well, let's just go for one hour and if it's miserable we'll just come on back..." Good plan, but I knew once we got going the miserableness of the chilly day would be forgotten.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Of we went to St. Chad's for the put-in.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Like we did the day before, we paddled out of the sheltered cove and into Damnable Bay, keeping to the west shore. The iceberg was still there but had moved a little further from shore and had rotated somewhat.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">We played among the rocks when there was anywhere to have a little fun.... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">When we arrived at the headland we paddled a little way into Stock Cove and then decided to paddle over to, and around, Stock Cove Island where it looked like there might be better spots to play...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We eventually crossed back from the island and made our way along the shoreline, retracing our route earlier in the morning. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">When we got closer to the iceberg we could see a lot of bergy bits floating around. These bits of ice were not there this morning when we passed the berg!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">As we got closer to the iceberg we could see the cause of the bits of floating ice... <i>Holy shit b'ys... the side's come out of 'er</i>!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Here is a pictorial of what happened to this particular iceberg in a roughly twenty-eight hour period...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">About mid-morning on Saturday.... notice the spot just above Clyde (white kayak)...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Here is a shot of the same spot above Clyde in the previous picture, taken about mid afternoon on Saturday when we came back from our paddle...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">When we paddled past the iceberg about mid-morning on Sunday, it pretty much looked the same as the above picture (I didn't take any pic's of it then).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">About 1:30 pmish on Sunday, just 2 hours after we paddled past it that morning, this is what it looked like!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I wonder what became of it the next day?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">On Sunday evening we all went to the supper and presentation. Our guest speaker, Santiago, showed up his video taken from the drone the day before. I wish a could show it here... it was quite spectacular to see the iceberg from above!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">On Monday morning, members of the PNL Board cooked up breakfast - pancakes, sausage, yogurt, fruit, coffee and juice. </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;">After breakfast, I finished loading up my kayaks and headed for home.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms, sans-serif;">I have to say I had a rather enjoyable time at this years retreat. I think a large part of the reason is that I have not done as much paddling this year as I have in years past. Perhaps it was that feeling of "something old is new again..." Hmmm. Maybe next year...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>Deanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17175143758219122128noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7171714374001547071.post-68273835958697285022019-05-12T16:47:00.001-02:302019-05-12T16:47:12.937-02:302019 - Post 5 - Cape Broyle<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">A pod of kayakers drove down to Cape Broyle for a paddle yesterday (May 11). Upon arrival, icebergs could be seen in the vicinity of the headland...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We crossed over to the south side when we arrived at Sheeps Head.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The further we paddled out the harbour the more we felt the effects of the well along the shoreline.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It was after lunch when we arrived at Lance Cove where we pulled up on the beach...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">From Lance Cove it was a shortish paddle to get a little closer to the icebergs. Brian, Sue and I chose to maintain a safe distance while the others ventured closer. Luckily, I was one of only two that had brought a camera and so I took a bunch of pictures of Brian and Sue with a berg-background, trying to get a good one...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">C'mon Sue, move closer...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We bobbed about for a while and then made our uneventful way back to the cars. We all had coffee/tea and eats in the nearby restaurant... A great little paddle.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><i>(For local paddlers that might be reading this, our total trip out and back was under 16 km... so unless the bergs have moved off, it is not a long paddle for you to go have a look...)</i></span><br />
<br />Deanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17175143758219122128noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7171714374001547071.post-10649571096475973352019-05-05T17:15:00.000-02:302019-05-05T17:15:02.318-02:302019 - Post 4 - Bay Bulls<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Yesterday was a fine day for paddling. Hazen emailed and said that he and Paul were going to Bay Bulls for some paddling. Some of our paddling buddies opted to do a bike ride instead with plans of paddling on Sunday (also called for to be a good day on the water). But Clyde and I chose to head to Bay Bulls in support of Paul's first paddle this calendar year.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The water was pretty flat, and we hugged the shoreline as we paddled out the bay....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> Still some ice hanging around... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">(BTW, I hiked Mickeleen's Path a couple weekend ago, which is above where we paddled today, and there was lots of ice and snow still hanging on then...)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">There were more waves and action at the headland...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">We rafted up in pairs and had a little on-water rest at the headland before heading back. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It was an awesome day for a first paddle. This was only my sixth time in my kayak this year. Today was an awesome day for a paddle as well... I wonder how the rest of our paddling buddies made out on the water today. I was tempted to paddle again, but instead I chose to go for a hike....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The great weather we had this weekend gives me hope we have turned a corner and real spring is upon up...</span><br />
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<br />Deanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17175143758219122128noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7171714374001547071.post-65151833238172737392019-04-22T19:17:00.000-02:302019-04-22T19:17:45.823-02:302019 - Post 3 - Chocolate Chip Cookies...<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I paddled three times in January. I intended to paddle more this winter/spring but it seemed whenever the weekend came it was either too windy for sensible paddling, or there was something that kept me off the water. Between paddles though I have done seventeen day hikes and five bike rides to date, so I am keeping on the move... </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">However, I paddled the last two weekends in a row! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">On April 13, I picked up Clyde and we drove out to Avondale to paddle with Tony, Brian, and Sue... We unloaded the kayaks and when I went to suit up I realized I had forgotten my drysuit!! Doh! Well shit happens now and then. So Clyde and I loaded our kayaks back on the car and drove to my house and then we went out to St. Philips for a run down to Topsail Beach... I just couldn't fathom driving back out to Avondale... There were no pics from that day as I also forgot my camera. Seems the lack of paddling had caused me to forget how to put all my paddling gear together.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">On Saturday past (April 20) I woke up, checked the weather and emailed a few people to see if anyone wanted to paddle... I was going regardless but company is always good. Hazen and Terry showed up at St. Philips and we made for Topsail Beach...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">... and were treated to some home made cookies that Terry's wife (Sharon) sent along for us...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Geeze they were good! Thanks Sharon; keep that up and you may become Julie's replacement... Julie, if you are reading this, you are still missed but have yet to be replaced by anyone yet, however, now and then, we end up with a treat but haven't seen a big tray of gooey brownies magically appear from the hatch of any kayaks.... hint, hint to all the paddling bakers out there...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This past weekend Tony sent out an email saying that "it was time that (he) got back in his kayak..." So four of us - Stan, Tony, Cathy, and I - paddled out of Tors Cove, brushing by Fox and Great Islands, then heading back to Bauline East, and then making our way to LaManche... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The last time we paddled to LaManche (April 28, 2018) one of our paddling partners slipped and hurt his shoulder on the shore, causing us to put our towing skills into action and tow him back to the put-in. No such incidents yesterday though...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Last year in January I had only paddled once! This year in January I have done three paddles. The wind is cooperating so far in 2019... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We met at Pippy Park and Shane said he wasn't gonna paddle in the afternoon (it was a chilly day and he has issues with cold feet). Hmm.. Psych me up and then let me down! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">After about an hour and a half of peddling around, we had enough and went for a coffee to warm up. It was such a nice day - the sun was up and the wind was low - and I told Shane he probably would be sorry if he didn't paddle this afternoon. He goes back to work the day after tomorrow, and tomorrow is gonna be a windy day and he would not be able to get out to paddle... The seed was planted and he finally came around. The power of suggestion sometimes works very well.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I don't have any pics from our bike ride, but here's a few from this afternoon's little paddle...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">By the time we got back to St. Philips, Ashleigh had little icicles formed on the front of her cockpit...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">After loading up our gear, Shane admitted that he was very happy he changed his mind and paddled. Ashleigh said she had a great time paddling in the colder season.... And I was feeling quite contented, having spent the day doing a couple of activities I enjoy. The only way to have made this day any better would have been to go for a little hike as well... but then there are 364 more days left in 2019...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Hope everyone else had a great first day of this New Year.</span><br />
<br />Deanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17175143758219122128noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7171714374001547071.post-35443728679930190492018-12-31T15:15:00.000-03:302019-01-28T20:47:07.157-03:302018 - Post 3 - Seals in Bay Bulls<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">On Dec 29th, Shane and I did a short paddle in Bay Bulls. When we arrived we discovered a couple furry spectator's at the put-in....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">It's always a treat to encounter wildlife of any kind when we adventure outdoors....</span><br />
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<br />Deanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17175143758219122128noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7171714374001547071.post-10068823300781945312018-12-30T21:49:00.000-03:302019-01-28T20:46:48.318-03:302018 - Post 2 - Cape St. Mary's Trip in July<br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i>Per my last, and only, post for 2018, I promised to post the article I had written for the Ebb and Flow after it came out. However, there has been an issue and the publication has been delayed! So I have decided to go ahead and post the article on my blog now since it was a trip that happened in 2018 and I want it to be posted in 2018... </i></span></div>
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One:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Trip<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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Brian, Clyde, Hazen and I drove out to Point Lance in the morning.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We unloaded and packed the kayaks, and then Brian
and Clyde drove to the planned take-out at St. Brides, left a vehicle, and
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surf dumping on the beach at Point Lance as we each made our getaway.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span><br />
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like he had the worst of it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At one
point I could not see him at all for a little while and then his bow came over the
last wave and he was out in the open sea with the rest of us.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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little wind but there was swell, causing us to paddle out from the shoreline as
we paddled toward the Cape.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When I was
able to paddle closer to the cliffs I felt rather dwarfed by the height of them,
but when I was further away I could take in the riveting panorama of the
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camp for the night.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The tide was getting
close to high tide and there was far less surf than at Point Lance a couple
hours earlier, and so the landing was fairly easy as long we watched the waves
nearer the beach and timed our landing. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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and gear were laid out in the sun to dry, and our tents went up quickly in the
field above the beach.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We set up our
camp chairs on the beach and re-hydrated with cold beer that Clyde had packed
in a soft cooler.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Life was good.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After a while Clyde and I got a cooking fire
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the tide lowered… much more intense then when we had landed at closer to high
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came and morning activities followed; have breakfast, clear up, brush teeth,
take down the tents… </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">After the kayaks were
loaded we left the beach one by one, having to paddle out through the
surf.</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Hazen was the first one out with a
little help from Clyde.</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I was the second
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">We sat waiting for the other two guys to paddle
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waiting I think we might have drifted in closer to shore a little.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Brian was the next one out and paddled to
where Hazen and I were.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">When Clyde left
the beach I turned my bow outwards and could see a bigger wave coming.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I paddled to it and got over before it
broke.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But right behind it was a much
larger wave bearing down.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I dug in and
paddled hard directly toward it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Brian
and Hazen were to my left but were further ahead.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The wave steepened and I knew I wasn’t going
to make it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It broke on me and pretty
much stopped my forward motion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Shit,
that was hard,” was the thought in my mind.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>All I could see was the white of the churning water and, feeling the
kayak rolling to port, I had to brace with intent. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then the turmoil settled and I dug in to get
myself moving to get myself further out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I glanced down at my foredeck and noticed half my spare Euro paddle was missing
and the other half was hanging on by one end under the bungee cord.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My pump was hanging over the other side of
the kayak, with only the handle end nearest me under the bungee. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then I noticed my apple, a fruit cup, and 2
bottles of water were no longer under my deck netting, and my GPS was poking
halfway out of the net.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I called to Hazen
to come over and had him secure the far end of the half paddle I still had, and
the pump, as I could not reach forward far enough to secure them under the
bungee myself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">We hung
around outside the surf zone, trying to see if we could see my half paddle
floating around, but it was nowhere to be seen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>My initial instinct was to head back to the beach and wait for my half
of paddle to wash ashore, but I began to reason the situation out in my
mind.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">If I made a
run to shore and got on the wrong side of one of the bigger waves near the
shore I could damage my kayak or hurt myself. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One of the guys could hook on to my kayak to help
prevent me from getting surfed in but with only a fifty foot tow rope that would
put them right in the surf zone with me once I got to shore… but then several
tow ropes could be secured together…<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">If I made
it to shore safely, how long would I have to wait for the paddle to wash
in?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Would it be there when I got there,
or would it be an hour?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Two hours?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We had twenty kilometres to paddle to the
take-out, plus the more than three hour drive home, plus time to get the
vehicle at Lance Cove, and a stop to eat… <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How long do I wait on the beach for it?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The tide would be dropping for another couple
hours and these waves would likely intensify.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Assuming I
landed without incident, and found my half of paddle fairly quickly, then I
would have to get back off the beach, running the risk of getting nailed by
another wave, maybe loosing gear again, taking a swim, or dislocating a
shoulder...<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We were all currently sitting
safely outside the surf, so why start taking chances.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Going back to the beach just might turn into
one of those first of several cascading mistake’s leading to something much
more severe than a piece of lost gear.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I decided that ‘Avoidance’ was the best tool
at my disposal, given the conditions!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">My half of
paddle wasn’t the only casualty of our trip.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Both Brian and Hazen were missing their watches, but were not certain if
it they were lost while paddling out or if they forgot them on the shore, but
it was not appealing to them either to land to look for a watch on the beach…
We carried on...<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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lovely day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There was no wind and lots
of birds to mesmerize us as we rounded the headland at Cape St. Mary’s.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The sky seemed to be filled with birds and
they seemed to be bothered by something. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As we were rounding the Cape, Brian said that
it wouldn’t be a long walk from the Interpretation Centre to our campsite to
have a look for the lost paddle. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
wheels started turning in my mind…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Further
along we landed at Lears Cove on a rocky beach for a little stretch and a snack
before continuing along the coast to the take-out location in St. Brides.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Brides we unloaded the kayaks and piled gear and boats onto Brian’s trailer and
drove back to Point lance to pick up Clyde’s truck, and then headed to Branch
to have supper before driving back to town.</span><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I watched
the weather during the week. There weren’t
any storms, nor was there any significant wind.
If my half of Euro paddle made it back on shore, and got pushed high
enough up the beach it might be possible it would sit there for a while,
waiting for someone to come along… The
weather for Cape St. Mary’s on Saturday called for sun and cloud, with a chance
of showers. I checked the tide for the
area and low tide would be shortly after 3 pm.
Saturday would be a good day for a rescue mission.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I e-mailed the
guys and told them I was planning on driving out to walk in to see if, per
chance, my paddle was sitting pretty on the beach. Brian replied that he was wondering if a
“rescue mission” was gonna happen. He said
if I wanted the company he would like to go to see if his watch was left on the
beach. On the morning of July 28, a full
week after we left the beach in Golden Bay, we headed back down the highway… <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">We arrived
at Cape St. Mary’s in a blanket of drizzly fog.
It was supposed to have been sunny with clouds by then. We donned our rain clothes and stretched rain
covers over our day packs. We thought it
prudent to go into the Interpretation Centre to let them know what we were up
to. One of the staff workers said, “Oh,
you’re the kayakers we seen last weekend…”
then she proceeded to tell us how the birds didn’t seem to be bothered
by the motorized boats when they were near, but for some unknown reason they
would take to wing and act up whenever kayakers were near the Cape…<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">A couple of
the staff adamantly advised against us going to Golden Bay with the wet and foggy
conditions of the day… “It’s best to come back tomorrow when the weather
improves” they told us. Part of the
trail along the shoreline had been lost to erosion and we would have to
bushwhack through the Tuckamore, and with the fog we could get ourselves lost
since we had not done the trip before and did not know the way. To hear them talk it was a ‘<i>Mission: Impossible’</i> scenario. I looked at Brian and told him I was fine
with going and he said he was as well. The
staff said they could not prevent us from going but if we did they would surely
end up calling in the search and rescue to come looking for us later that
evening... We let them know we were
equipped with GPS, maps and compass, and had an InReach so we could contact
someone if there was an issue. And so,
against the advice of the staff, we set off.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The assumed
two-hour maximum hike to our campsite took us longer than anticipated. Most of the trail is in the open and easy
enough to follow if you pay attention.
At one point though the trail seemed to just go over the cliff where we
assumed was where the shore had fallen away like the staff member had told us. We had to push our way through the dense
Tuckamore around this area, which really slowed down our progress.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">We stopped
a few times in the trees when there was an opening, and checked where we were
relative to our anticipated path and we would adjust our direction to try to get
back to it but the trees were so dense we just sort of meandered through what
seemed to be the easiest parts in the general direction we wanted to go. Sometimes we had to get on our knees and
crawl close to the ground, and sometimes we just had to make like a moose and
just force our bodies through. At one
point we were separated by only about eight feet but we could not see each
other… Finally we broke out to an open
area above where the beach was and picked up a trail over the bog that seemed
to go in the direction we needed to go. Then
we were back into the Tuckamore once again, and made a final push to get to the
open field along the beach to the west of where we had camped. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The tide
was receding, as predicted, and so a lot of the beach was exposed. If my paddle was here it should not be hard
to spot as the blade has an amber colour.
At the beach where we had broken out of the trees Brian walked down onto
the beach. I stayed up on the field above
so as to have a higher vantage point… So
as we walked along we were able to scan from both high and low as we ambled toward
where we had landed and camped the week before. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Near the
spot where we had launched our kayaks, I stopped and scanned the beach, and I
spotted the amber of my paddle blade and called out to Brian and pointed to it…
from his vantage he did not readily see it, but then did, and walked over and
picket it up. It was fully intact, no
worse for wear. Then he walked directly
toward the beach and stooped over and picked up his missing watch! He had obviously left it on a log when he was
getting ready. We walked around the
beach and the tent site to see if we could find Hazen’s missing watch but it
was nowhere to be seen, so we figured it must have been lost as he paddled out
through the surf. We even found one of
my bottles of water… it would have been funny if we found my fruit cup and
apple too! With my half of paddle in
hand, and the watch on the wrist of its owner, it went from a ‘<i>Mission: Impossible’</i> scenario to a ‘<i>Mission: Possible’ </i>situation… all we had
to do was hike back out without incident, but not before having some lunch…<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">We found a
little spot out of the wind and ate, quite pleased with ourselves for finding
our gear. We would have another story to add to our paddling adventures. We didn’t hang around too long though as it
was still a dank and foggy day, and we were wet form the hike in. We packed up and walked back along the open
grassy field to where we had come out of the Tuckamore. There was a trail on the other side of where
we had come out and decided we would follow this to see if it would by-pass some
of the trees and save us some time bush-whacking. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The
new-to-us trail did indeed save bush-whacking time, but in places it ran dangerously
close to the edge of the cliff. The
grass was wet and at times the terrain sloped toward the cliff… if one of us slipped
there was absolutely nothing to stop us form a long fall down to the rocks or
water below. We had to be extra cautious
along these areas, and eventually came out to where we had started our bush-whacking
on the hike in. The rest of the walk
back to the Interpretation Centre was easy over the open bog and fields.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">When we
were close to the Interpretation Centre, Brian, who now had a watch again, checked
and said it only took us an hour and a half coming back. Later, at the car, I checked the total
distance on my GPS: the total distance
there and back was 10.9 km, and to the lunch spot was 6.3 km, making the
distance back out just 4.6 km. The bush-whacking
on the way in had really slowed us down!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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directly into the Interpretation Centre to inform the staff that we were back,
with our salvaged gear, and they would not have to send in the search teams to
rescue us! Back at the car we changed out of our wet
clothes and had an uneventful drive back home, stopping at Fola’s Restaurant on
Salmonier Line for supper. With both of
us back at home, safe and sound, I mused to myself that the rescue went from ‘<i>Mission: Impossible’</i> at the
Interpretation Centre, to ‘<i>Mission:
Possible’</i> sitting on the beach with our gear, to finally a ‘<i>Mission: Accomplished</i>’ standing in my
basement with both halves of my Werner Shuna paddle in my hands.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<br />Deanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17175143758219122128noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7171714374001547071.post-7529733566660009052018-11-18T11:31:00.002-03:302018-12-31T15:06:57.210-03:302018 - Post 1 – Holy Crap...<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">... it's been just about a year since I last posted! My lack of posting has been mostly intentional, but not completely.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">After my late November camp trip last year (see <a href="https://nlkayakoholic.blogspot.com/2017/11/post-20-late-year-kayak-camp-trip.html">Post 20 of 2017</a>), I intentionally decided to stop posting most of my kayak trips. The reason: Since I have so few readers of this blog, and since I was infrequently paddling in NEW places, I figured that </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I just didn't need to keep posting pictures and blogging about the same old, same old, and </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">people just didn't need to keep reading about the same old, same old... and so I decided I would only add entries if I paddled someplace new... or if I did a paddle in a place that I had paddled before but something unique happened that I felt I wanted to share.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Well, I have been paddling in 2018, although not as much as some of my previous years; it seems we have had a lot of windy weekends again this year, and a lot of my regular paddling buddies have been spending more and more time on their fatbikes... I have a fatbike as well, and do enjoy it, but I have taken to it much less than the others, meaning I have not gone OCD with that activity like I did when I took up kayaking...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">My first kayak paddle this year was on Jan 20, and my last paddle to date was September 9... But I've had my butt in my kayaks thirty times between those dates. That's actually pretty much the same as last year, but about ten times less than 2016, for the same period of time... Since my last paddle in September, I was on vacation for a month, then rolled my ankle on a hike the third week of October (limped around on it for nearly three weeks), and have had one of those hanger-on cold/flu's. So I've been away from my outdoor pursuits for a while... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Between my paddling activity, from January 1 to September 2, I have been on my fatbike twenty-seven times... To put that into perspective, in the month of January, one of my kayak/fatbike buddies nearly rode his bike that many times just during the month of January!!! </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I did do another short ride on my fatbike a few days ago to see how my ankle felt... still a bit of discomfort, and pain when pushing harder like on an up-grade... so still gonna take a little more time to heal. </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">From January 11 to October 21, I have spent forty-five days hiking (as well as an additional eight times doing quasi-hikes while I was away on vacation). I've also managed to fit in sixteen camping trips between January 13 and October 21; these have been a combination of hiking (8), paddling(3), biking (1), and car (4) camping trips... I can add one more if I count driving out to my buddy's and sleeping in his camper... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">My buddy Shane issued a challenge earlier this year... I call it the 3-3-100 Challenge. Over three consecutive days, in any order, do one activity per day - hike, bike, paddle - so that the total distance covered equals at least 100 km. He set minimums for each activity.. 50 km on the fatbike, 30 km in the kayak, and 20 km hiking. I decided to take on his challenge at the end of June. On Day 1 I biked 51.4 km, Day 2 I hiked 26.6 km, and Day 3 I paddled 32.3 km. I reported my challenge results to Shane and our other buddies in hopes to motivate others to do the challenge... but nobody else did - not even Shane! It's not a competition of time, but rather a challenge to get active, but I am still waiting to get some type of reward as the only one to actually take on Shane's challenge in 2018!!! Of course, we still have time left in the year for others to add their names to the list of 2018 participants.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">So I have been very busy this year... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Now getting back on topic of kayaking... In July, four of us did an overnight trip from Point Lance to St. Brides. This is the only place this year that I have paddled that was new for me! I wrote up a blog entry and was going to post it, but our local kayaking magazine (Ebb and Flow) put out a call for articles and I decided to submit it to them instead of posting it right away. I have been waiting for this falls magazine to come out, and then I will post the article on my blog so that anyone who does not receive our publication will be able to read about the little adventure... Anyway, here's a pic from that trip... </span><br />
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<br />Deanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17175143758219122128noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7171714374001547071.post-11973008108527412482017-11-27T22:29:00.001-03:302018-12-31T15:06:37.159-03:302017 - Post 20 – A late year kayak camp trip<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Kayak camp trips this year have been few. So Shane and I decided to get in one last trip, despite the wind that was forecast. We managed to entice Terry to come along.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">We drove out to Admirals Beach on Saturday morning for the put-in...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Shane has been taking every opportunity to seal launch lately...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">... he has ordered a new fiberglass kayak and figures his seal launching days will be over when it arrives next year.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">From the put-in we paddled over to Great Colinet Island. We had the southerly wind in our face, which required a little bit of slogging as we followed the shoreline down the bay. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">We all pitched in and made quick work of gathering up some firewood. The first order of business was to get a cooking fire on the go. Sweet potatoes went on the grille first...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">As was forecast, the wind picked up during the night and I slept very little. </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">When I crawled out of my hammock in the morning I walked around a little and then went down to check on the kayaks and gear on the beach. Terry was up and cooking scrambled eggs and toast for everybody. I ate mine and then rousted Shane out of his hammock to get his. Then we had oatmeal to chase the eggs and toast down.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">We decided to paddle a little way south down the island before crossing over. I didn't take any pictures during the crossing. It was windy and bumpy and about halfway over I discovered just how out of paddling shape I have become this year. I was getting tired and my shoulder was bothering me. I decided to turn on the autopilot, letting the wind and waves push me north as I completed the crossing... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I was happy to reach the other side where we had protection from the southeast wind. I took a little video of Shane trying to get a good picture of the waves crashing against the shore.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">We only had about a kilometer or so to paddle to reach Admirals Beach. When we arrived I headed for the beach and pulled my kayak up to the car. I could see Terry and Shane playing in the bit of waves to the left of the take-out. I had some of my gear unloaded as they came in. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">This is the latest in the year that I've kayak camped. This time of year the days are short and the evenings are long, and the nights are chilly. It just might be the last camping trip of any kind for this year... but we shall see.</span><br />
<br />Deanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17175143758219122128noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7171714374001547071.post-65554853434009916652017-11-13T21:03:00.003-03:302017-11-13T21:03:44.119-03:302017: Post 19 – Catching up<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">My last post was two months ago, on September 11!!! I was on vacation the latter half of September. On Oct 7th and 8th I helped out Shane on his fourth Level 1 Sea Kayaking course but I neglected to post on that weekend. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The next time I paddled after Shane's course was on Oct 21 when Shane, Tony, and I went out to St. Philips to play in the wind one morning... I only took one pic, preferring to keep my hands on my paddle... but</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> </span><a href="http://mynewfoundlandkayakexperience.blogspot.ca/2017/10/blowin-in-wind.html" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">click here</a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> to see Tony's pics of the morning</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Between paddles I've been hitting the trails to get in more hiking, and got in a couple rides on my new bike. I bought a Fat Bike 2.0 from Moose Bicycles... it was on sale (and still is until the end of November) and seemed like a good product at a good price... <a href="https://moosebicycle.com/en/bicycles/fat-bike/the-fat-bike-2.html">click here</a> if you want to see the spec's. I think I'm gonna have a bit of fun on this bike.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Shane and I did an overnight car-camping trip a couple weekends ago while the rest of the guys paddled in Cape Broyle.. Shane couldn't get away to do the paddle and my shoulder was bothering me so I passed on the paddle. So we drove out to Turk's Gut later in the afternoon and set up our tents. Shane nominated himself as camp cook, or maybe I did the nominating... but either way I told Shane that if he cooked it I would eat it... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Today is the November 11th holiday so those of us who work were off. The forecast called for low wind and so Tony got on the ball and organized a paddle in Bay Bulls. I checked my log book and the last time I paddled there was in May of last year! Can't believe it's been that long; it's a great place for a close to home paddle. Anyway, here's some pics from the day....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It was a grand day. It was chilly but sunny, and there was just enough swell to keep things interesting. It was good to paddle with some of my 'ol paddling buddies. But most especially i</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">t was good to get back on the water with North Cape Jenny. I think she missed me as much as I missed her.</span><br />
<br />Deanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17175143758219122128noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7171714374001547071.post-27859053339121185622017-09-11T11:31:00.001-02:302017-09-11T19:24:37.326-02:302017: Post 18 – If it's not raining, it's not training<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">This weekend past would be the last one in September that Shane would be available to do another Sea Kayaking Level 1 course. Like his first course, he only had three students, (Shane, Emily, and Mark) and he asked me to come help out once again. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Unlike Shane's other courses, I decided I would attend the theory portion of the course on Saturday morning. It was an information refresher for myself, and I added a few pennies worth of comments here and there. What I found was that it gave me a chance to meet the students and for us to get to know each other a little before getting on the pond in the afternoon. If Shane asks me to help him out on future courses I plan to attend the theory session portion again... I think it has a positive effect on the group dynamic rather then if I just show up at the pond in the afternoon. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">At the pond the first order of business was to show people how to properly carry their kayaks and then to get kayaks and gear ready.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">All three students had wetsuits as is generally the case with newer paddlers, and Shane and I were a little concerned about them getting chilled in the forecasted afternoon rain. But we tried to keep them moving between learning things to stay warm.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Wet-exits and basic T-rescues were taught near the shore, and then we moved out into deep water to do them all over again...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">... until they could both be the rescuer and the rescuee to Shane's satisfaction. They also did the paddle float self-rescue as well. Just when I thought Shane was done with the rescues he had them all do it one more time, and then we headed to shore for a stretch and a break from sitting in the kayaks. But it wasn't a rest from learning. I sat on the shore with my string and shovel handle and explained and demonstrated the forward stroke.. I prefer to sit on land to demonstrate and break down the forward stroke, and then get into the kayaks to learn it on the water... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The forecast called for more rain on Sunday and the wind was to be at the high end of Level 1 from the Northeast; this would be perfect for the day. We drove to the put-in at Conception Harbour, had a little discussion, and then got on the water...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Using our best forward stroke, we paddled over to Middle Cove where Shane went over low and high bracing, and then he had me demonstrate and explain sweep strokes and edging...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">In Gasters Bay there was a following sea going to Broad Cove and the students had to use paddle stern rudders to keep their kayaks going straight.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Before we arrived at Broad Cove one of the students unintentionally capsized and we watched the other two students spring into action... Emily was the first person to reach Mark and put her training to work. Student Shane was on standby to help out and I think he misplaced a paddle stroke and he unintentionally capsized as well. So Instructor Shane went into rescue mode while I sat on standby for whomever may need me, snapping a couple pics and a short video.... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I like when these things happen unintentionally on the ocean during courses; it emphasizes to students that something like a double capsize really does happen, and how important it is to have sufficient knowledge and competent paddling partners. It really nails home why we need to learn and practice what you have been taught so you are prepared to deal with a situation like this. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">On the beach Shane got out his tarp to put up so we could have lunch out of the rain. Water was boiled for a cup of tea to have after our lunch. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Emily, Student Shane, and Mark... you guys rock! You guys really embraced the suck factor over the weekend with the poor weather Mother Nature gave us. With the weather we had, and the amount of time you guys spent in the water I would rate the course as more like Type 2 fun... kind of sucks to be doing it but you will reflect back on it and decide it was well worth it... I know at times you guys had to be chilly but you were all smiling and seemed to be having a good time. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">This is likely the last Level 1 course Shane will teach this year as he is tied up with his non-kayak life for the rest of September and in October the ponds are cooling off and the air temperature is getting colder. Most students taking this course have wetsuits and in the colder months it is much better to have a drysuit if you are going to spend any amount of time in and out of the water. However, Shane did say if someone comes to him to do an October course he would consider it if they have a drysuit.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I had more fun than I thought I would helping out on the courses Shane offered this year since he become a Certified Level 1 Kayak Instructor. I feel that twelve kayakers in this province received high quality instruction from Shane. I picked up on some little things that will help make me a better kayaker than I was before... there are always things to learn no matter how long you have been kayaking. Good job to all of Shane's students he had this year, you all progressed and I think you are better kayakers for taking the Level 1 course. I hope everybody stays safe out there....</span><br />
<br />Deanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17175143758219122128noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7171714374001547071.post-77022909444729369732017-09-05T10:35:00.000-02:302017-09-05T10:35:00.178-02:302017: Post 17 – Shane's second Level 1 Course<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Shane would be free this past weekend and there was some talk of doing some paddling or maybe a little trip as it was a three day weekend. Instead he decided he would offer another Level 1 Sea Kayaking course if there was enough interest... he ended up with six students; twice as many as he had for his first course. I offered my assistance once again as six people are a handful for just one person to keep an eye on.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">He decided to do rescues on the pond Friday evening since with a larger group it would take more time. There was no discussion of paddle strokes or boat control, but we watched as the students paddled between rescues to see at what skill levels people were. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The next morning Shane met his group and went over the paddling theory portion of the course. I didn't attend but in retrospect I should have... there's always little things to learn and it's a good idea to get re-introduced to basic information now and then. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">During the afternoon we were back on the pond learning about paddle strokes and skills. I sat on the grass and showed them what I have learned about the forward stroke from previous instructors, and added things I have figured out on my own or learned from books and Youtube... Perhaps it was too much information at Level 1 but I think it's best for people to try to start off right rather then develop bad paddling form and then have to try to correct it later to be a more efficient paddler. Shane followed up by demonstrating the forward stroke when we got on the water...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We geared up and had a discussion about the the plan for the day and had a look at the Chart and Topo map for the area...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Then it was time to launch... I think this is the part of the course that students look forward to the most...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">We made our way across the bottom of the bay and handrailed the shoreline, using the skills Shane had taught the days before.....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">As we paddled along there were reminders about torso rotation and using paddle strokes to control the kayak. We discussed on-water communication, and the importance of sticking together and keeping an eye on each other. We had a salt water rescue practice or two on the way. Finally it was time to pull up on a beach and have lunch....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">After lunch Shane talked about paddles and boat design...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Then it was time to get back on the water and make our way back to the take-out, on the way practicing things that had been learned... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">And of course the class photo had to be taken before people headed for home...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 14.85px;">Congratulations once again to Shane for putting off another Level 1 Sea Kayaking course, and to </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">Jeff, Heather, Peter, Sharon, Robert, and Paul for your successful completion</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"> of the course. </span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14.85px;">I enjoyed watching you guys progress from start to finish over the weekend. I hope you all keep getting out there and practicing the things you learned, and decide to take it farther and learn things beyond what is taught at Level 1 in preparation of continuing on to take the Level 2 course later on. Stay safe in your future kayaking endevours while you are </span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">having fun. </span><br />
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<br />Deanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17175143758219122128noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7171714374001547071.post-81281427766427838832017-08-21T17:38:00.000-02:302017-08-21T17:38:05.773-02:302017: Post 16 – Club paddle in Cape BroyleYesterday a group of twenty four people in twenty three kayaks met for a club paddle in Cape Broyle. <br />
A lot of my pics had water spots on them, and I didn't take many on the way back after lunch... but here's some of the pics that I did take....<br />
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It was a fun day for me... I hope those who came along had fun and learned some things about kayaking...</div>
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