Blog by: Josephine, Alaina, Sasha, and Sid

The Salish Sea group was awakened bright and early, and we soon settled into our vans with our gear to set out for our 3 day kayak/camping trip. We had packed everything we needed into two 10 ounce dry-bags the night before, which prepared us for the upcoming days. When we arrived at the beach we were launching from, we were blown away by the view.

We had three awesome tour guides, Charlie, Clark and Dylan, who met us on the beach that morning, and they were fully prepared for all nineteen of us. They gave us each a sleeping bag and had already packed food, tents, and other sleeping materials into our kayaks. We split into pairs with our science director, Emma. We then kayaked through the Salish Sea to our lunch spot. We were exhausted from the sun, paddling and steering. Luckily, our guides prepared us a delicious lunch!

On the beach we ate sandwiches and Numenos’. We then got back into our kayaks and continued our journey to Jones Island. This section of the travel took around two hours; the whole adventure was about three hours. While it was hot, salty and exhausting, there were some great moments too! A couple people brought speakers onboard, which truly kept the vibe alive. We listened to some Lady Gaga and Taylor Swift, and sang along to the some Disney songs. We also had the amazing experience of kayaking with jellyfish!

When we finally arrived at Jones Island, we unpacked from our kayaks and brought our stuff from the beach to our campsite. We then put our kayaks on pieces of driftwood to keep them from floating away when the tide rose later that night. Afterwards, we quickly set up our tents at our site, moving even faster as dinner was prepared.

Dinner was carnita tacos and dessert was chocolate fondue with various fruits, marshmallows, and graham crackers. Our guides were master chefs! We then either crawled into our tents or set up under the stars. We had a tiring but fulfilling day!