Little Car, Big Kayak.

I never would have thought that paddling would be a hobby that I picked up, at least not now, but that is not the case.  This past Thursday I headed up to the Jervis Inlet in British Columbia with Hunter Vernor in hopes of paddling from the end of the Princess Louisa Inlet back down to Egmont with a couple of friends from Beyond Malibu who were just getting done with their summer of volunteering up there.

Hunter sporting his own blue steel impression

Guide Stacy calm and relaxed as usual

Mountain man Colin contemplating his next adventure, or nap, or meal not sure which one

The weather was gorgeous (including the rain), the company was great and the paddling was mostly peaceful and relaxing.  Paddling really is turning into an activity that I enjoy, mainly because I have no ambitions with it.  When I sit down into the seat of a kayak I do not know what is fast, what is slow, time goals, or anything.  It is what hiking or climbing should be to me but I am just to damn ambitious with those activities and that ambition can get in the way of the relaxing enjoyment of the activity.  The paddle down the inlet is around 45 miles and everything went pretty well except one thing…my camera.

THIS IS NOT GOOD!!! CAMERA MALFUNCTION!!!

It stopped functioning how I needed it to.  The screen went out, I couldn’t shoot in manual or any “advanced” modes, everything just went south.  The good news is it still took pictures though but it was in point and shoot mode which means I had no power to influence the photograph other than the angle!  This was especially bad news because I was up there taking photos on a contract with Necky, Extrasport and Carlisle.  I tried to keep it all in perspective realizing that at least I can get shots, I am still kayaking with great people in an amazing location, etc…but dejection was still looming large.

Good news:  I got the photos I needed here are a few below: