I tried to shoot a video of this trip, and ended up with an hour of footage of the sky, and my paddle.  I’ve cut it down to the least dreadful 5 minutes and posted it here.  I didn’t bother polishing it at all, it’s essentially just 3 clips stuck together.  Future videos will be better, just need better footage to work with.  On my next trip, I’m going to try head-mounting my camera for a better angle.

I was pretty excited about paddling the north shore of Mayne Island.  Not only would I be paddling past my house, but also I’d get to see Edith Point, which I’ve hiked countless times, from the water and get to check out the other houses along my street.  I thought that it would probably be fairly relaxing with somewhat interesting scenery.

We started out leaving Bennett Bay as the tide was coming in.  There wasn’t a lot of beach left when we headed out, and there was absolutely no beach to land on when we returned.  I managed to get in and out without going for a swim surprisingly.  Crossing the opening to Campbell Bay, I was really concentrating on my technique, and had a really good rhythm going.  We rounded the corner and started paddling along Edith Point.

There’s not much else I can say about the trip.  Turns out it was my least favorite paddle so far.  I don’t know if it was just my mood that day, but I didn’t enjoy the coastline as much as I was expecting and paddling felt like a chore.  When I got back to shore, I was tired, sore and didn’t really feel like I had accomplished much.  The tide was incredibly high, and the wind picked up half way through our paddle;  we were mostly paddling without any sort of currents (at slack), so if you stopped paddling, you would just stop in the water.  I’m willing to bet that this trip would be a completely different experience at low tide.

We made it to Oyster Bay and then turned around and headed back to Bennett.  Again, nothing remarkable on the return trip.  I had an interesting moment when I realized that between Active Pass the week before, and this trip, I had paddled around approximately half of the island.  I guess, in reality I’ve managed to do the entire shoreline now, but the consecutive week realization was kind of neat.

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