We cheated on the purple kayak.
After I attended the Western Roundup (joint meeting of SCA, NWA, CIMA, and SRMA), John and my parents joined me and we took a trip to British Columbia. Driving from Seattle in a rental car, we took the ferry from Tsawwassen to Vancouver Island where we based ourselves for a few days in Victoria. Then we ferried back and were based in Vancouver for a few days. During our time in Vancouver, we went to Deep Cove for a paddle. The rentals were yellow, red, and Kraft noodle colored. Sadly, we do not remember the color of the kayak with which we cheated on the purple kayak. I remember one boat being Kraft noodle colored, but I cannot remember if it was ours or my parents’ boat. I do remember that the boat was not as comfortable as our purple gem. I couldn’t get my footpegs spaced quite right and the seats were designed differently so I had a lot of problems with my legs going to sleep, particularly my right leg.
We paddled up the cove on largely glassy water. Once out of the marina area, the water got a little more choppy (plus a few wakes from motorized craft), but not too much. We paddled up the shore and checked out the variety of homes built along the water, saw or heard a couple of waterfalls, and bird highlights included a loon and an eagle.
We had some mishaps with the cameras for each boat; ours was misplaced and theirs took a little dip. So only one picture for this paddle and it was taken afterwards with a phone.
