Hey Blog, it’s Caleb! The one that keeps getting called out. Anyhow, today we all woke up early, and took two vans. The first took us to a primary location (Port of Friday Harbor), and the second took us to a secondary location (an undisclosed beach). Anyone who has watched a decent amount of John Mullaney would know that Detective J.J. Bittenbinders first rule is to never get taken to a secondary location because if you are taken to a secondary location your chances of getting saved drops to zero. J.J. Bittenbinder apparently isn’t always right because when we arrived at the secondary location they did not handcuff us with zipties, but instead, put us in lovely kayaks!
Once we had finally finished struggling to pack up the kayaks we suited up in lifejackets and spray skirts and then got our pedals situated for our varying heights and leg lengths. I feared it would be difficult for me due to my larger stature, and my fears were not assuaged when I was referred to as “big guy” by one of the guides.
Anyhow, once we were all situated, we launched and started paddling towards our lunch spot at Turn Island. We stuck close to the coast and coasted on the counter currents to gain a bit of a boost. There was one rock we passed that was absolutely covered in seals that hopped in the water and poked their heads out. The water was covered in little seal head bumps, all rather curious about some dinky teenagers in some weird fiberglass vessels.
After getting to our lunch location and consuming sustenance we explored the beach we were stopped at and I found some fresh oysters attached to some rocks. I shucked one oyster and ate it raw on the halfshell even though I was warned there was a 50/50 chance of me getting sick from eating it, but you know, life isn’t worth living without a few risks. In this case I lucked out and was perfectly fine.
After paddling a total of ten miles we finally made it to our campground! After dinner we went on a night hike to the beach where we observed bioluminescence. We enjoyed throwing rocks into the water and watching all of the bioluminescence that was activated. After the bioluminescence we all went to our tents.
