I got up early this morning, hoping to paddle to the head of the harbour to see where they put “B. C. Goose”.  The wind was only blowing about 5 knots when I set out.  The farther east I got, however, the stronger the wind became.  And, because the tide was going out, toward the West, opposing the wind from the East, the seas became quite choppy.  But, I was determined to check out “B.C. Goose,” and I was almost there, so I kept going.  The swell was behind me, so it was bearable. 

But, then the wind picked up some more and I started seeing whitecaps.  Time to turn around.  I managed to get a couple of shots of “B.C Goose” tied up to a dock.  Maybe she’ll still be there when we return next year.

When I came about and headed west, into the seas toward home, it got ugly.  For an hour-and-a-half, I battled my way up and over swells so steep that I was paddling air at times.  Not fun.  I felt like I was in an episode of “Victory at Sea”.  But, my little inflatable Walker Bay Play handled it admirably.  However, if the wind had been blowing any stronger, I might have been in trouble.  

As I got closer to the boat, I the water close to shore started smoothing out and the wind dropped dramatically.   Since the tide was so low, I started checking out the rocks for minks.   Sure enough, I spotted this cute guy.

He’d found himself a nice crab for breakfast.

He was really going to town on that crab.  I watched him for quite a while.  But, then he saw me and headed for the high ground.  However, he couldn’t resist stopping to see if I was stealing his crab.