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Our Broken Islands kayaking trip was planned with one of our tennis buddies who is a sailor and he sailed up to Barcley Sound to meet us there. This was an interesting trip as out of six of the kayakers I was the only man. Many people asked me if I was a tour guide as most found our mix unusual.
We left Port Alberni on the Lady Rose ship that takes kayakers out to the Sechart launch. On a beautiful summer day we lazed around on the upper deck. Once we got to Seachart we picked up our kayaks and headed for our one planned destination Dodd Island.
From Dodd island we were able to do day trips to many of the islands. The most memorable was the Benson Island trip where we toured an archeological dig. In our trips we visited some nice sand beaches and visited a lagoon at Jacques Island.
Outside of the trip one of the great things was to have Don and his sailboat with us. It allowed us to have a guitar for campfire sing alongs, to have more room on our kayaks as the sailboat carried the beer and removed our garbage. As well Don and Marlene were great company. To have a mother ship on a kayaking trip is a big plus.
On the front beach at Dodd Island I taught the ladies rock skipping and sausage rock throwing although one almost hit a canoeist. The other campers joined us in our campfire songs and found our antics quite amusing (we thought they might be upset with the sing alongs at night but all seemed to like our spirit). In fact when we left many of the other campers saw us off and said the island would not be the same with out us (a compliment I think).
This is a great area for kayaking and is very popular. If you haven’t done it I would highly recommend it. For more information on setting up your trip visit the website.
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