Summer 2014

Summer 2014 was pretty much what you would expect. Maybe a little better. 

I found a coconut

In this episode Cori and I go up to Robson Bight to paddle our kayaks and hopefully see an orca or two. 

Well, we didnt see any orcas, there were hundreds of gillnetters up and down Johnstone Strait and we think the orcas were scared off. The camping was great though, and the water was beautifully glassy and frigid. We did see some Pacific White-sided Dolphins which look like mini-orcas.

Cori and the special logging machine

Cori approaching the bight

Apart from that I had to fill my quota of time on the Mid-West coast. Everything that you would expect happened. I had visitors, we had fires, the van broke down, we caught fish, waves and sunsets. Joey and Mary moved to Ucluelet for the summer. Joey as a lawyer and Mary as a pro whale watcher. We surfed and feasted together for many moons until their return to the east coast. 

Cedar boughs

Typical nice day

Not so nice night

The Vostel

All in all it was a pretty nice summer. The weather was as good as it gets and the company was even better. Thanks for tuning in and check back because I have a lot more cool stuff coming up.

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Thank you and Goodnight

Hello and Welcome back to the blog of blue. 

How nice is this?

 I did a North Island Expedition with 3 amigos. Long slow drive, free boat ride, lots of beach garbage and useless balls of glass. We kayaked through caves, caught fish and even managed to surf once or twice. The water was warm and the wind was often blowing in the right direction. If only there was a little more swell. We ate like kings; fish tacos, ceviche, fish and chips with the irishman's 11/10 potatoes. Only had to sit through 3 or 4 days of sideways rain in a shelter with a piss poor roof. We did a fine job of keeping the fire burning. There was a strong SE wind pushing the smoke off the fire and up into an estuary. All of a sudden the smoke faltered, the storm broke within seconds. Summer time. 

My collection

Tideline debris

My disgust with the human race in general is constantly being provoked by sights like this one. All along the shoreline, bits of plastic. Broken down bits of plastic from the real mess which is floating far far offshore, and out of sight.  

The post in the foreground washed up from Japan.

Life in the Tsunami Hazard Zone

El Pollo es Loco

Took a winter timeout from the van and rented a little shack fantastic. Travels included but were not limited to; Morocco, Bahamas and Mexico. Great and largely uneventful winter. Lots of time spent around the bbq, in the forest, and on the water. News from the van will be on again when there is news from the van. She needs a little work, but so do we all.