The helicopter delivered food drop. Photo by Deb Bayle
Day 59 - August 2ndWe peaked out at 7-8mph paddling today. I never thought we'd move so fast in sea kayaks, that's sailboat speed! This long, narrow channel really has to cook to move all that water in and out in 6 hours and we've been lucky enough to ride the Current Express. Yesterday and today have been the most effortless 30 miles of the trip. (Mike)
Day 60 August 3rd Nabannah Bay in Grenville Channel aka "The Ditch"
We're stuck in our tracks again. The wind blew hard all last night and all day today. The NW winds slowed down briefly but now it looks like the whole ditch is coated in whitecaps. The weather is once again in control. (Sonja)
Day 61 August 4th
Moving camp today was not an option. The gale force winds are still blowing...
Day 62 August 5th
The winds are continuing to howl. We've basically set up permanent camp in Nabannah Bay. I had trouble sleeping through the wee dark hours of the morning. I was worried about our trip progress, food supply and whether my mom was worrying about us...
Today we had another big adventure. We wandered around Morning Point across rocky beaches to a floating logging camp/barge. This time we swallowed our pride and told them we were short on food. I was amazed at their response. They packed us up a box and paper bag full of goodies. There was cheese wiz, frozen chicken, frozen sausages, crackers, dinner rolls, bananas, apples, strawberry jam, cocoa, chai, canned pears, nanaimo bars, carrot cake, broccoli, onion, tomatoes, butter, dates, evaporated milk, tuna, and cheddar cheese...and all this was delivered to us via helicopter! (Sonja)
