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A beautiful day on Grenville Channel.
When I woke up this morning at 5am, the wind was blowing out of the north sending waves breaking onto the beach near my campsite. After eating and getting packed up, I was launching at 7:30am and paddling straight into the wind. I immediately crossed Grenville Channel from my campsite on the east side to the shoreline on the west side. The winds normally would strengthen as the day progressed and I did not want to have to cross over later when the winds almost certainly would be stronger.
The shoreline was passing by very slowly and I could tell by the streaming kelp leaves that not only was I paddling against the wind, but that the current was also against me. Although I was not going very fast, at least I was putting in a few miles and not just wasting a day sitting on the shore. My goal for this trip was to put in at least 20 miles a day, which would allow me to finish in about 45 days, so any day I did not paddle, was one day longer on the water.
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My campsite across from Northness Point.
My planned destination for this day was a campsite 20 miles away in Stuart Anchorage at Bonwick Point. By 11am, the wind had become increasingly hard to paddle into so I started looking for an alternate spot to make camp. At 12:30pm and 15 miles from last night’s camp, I reached a spot along the west shoreline across from Northness Point, where a small stream entered and there was a grassy area suitable for camping. Although this area looked like the perfect place for bears to feed, I could find no sign of recent feeding activity. I did not have much of a choice anyway as campsites were scarce, and the wind had slowed me down to almost a standstill.
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A cruise ship heads north up Grenville Channel.
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A self-portrait.