The Big Hurt
“You’ve got this! Don’t stop! Less than a mile, and then it’s all downhill.” I look up and see a woman, about my age, standing by the back of a truck. She’s wearing sunglasses on this sunny late-September Saturday. “Stay … Continued
Days 18-20: Sucia
Early in the trip, whenever someone asked where we were headed, I always said, “Sucia.” Well, after almost three weeks, we were about to finally land on our destination. When I was a kayak guide, over fifteen years ago, I … Continued
Days 17-18: Lummi Rocks and Clark Island
After Cypress we knew we wanted to head north. I had never been to the outer islands of Matia, Sucia and Patos and our friends Laurel and Omar had also recommended we check out Lummi. They had told us about … Continued
Day 7: Langley to Camano Island State Park
We were sad to say good-bye to Giovannia’s parents, but the sea was calling and we had several miles to make on a rather cold and foggy morning. After a morning stop at the Bagel Factory, Gio’s dad dropped us … Continued
Day 1: Lowman to Blake Island
We wanted to be on the water by 10am August 2nd. That was low tide and I guess we wanted to haul all our gear as far as possible to load our boats. The crossing to Blake Island, our first … Continued