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very early saturday morning, crystal and i headed out to horseshoe bay to catch a ferry to the sunshine coast for a weekend of kayaking and crabbing in sechelt inlet. after a short wait for the ferry, we found ourselves pushing off from the boat launch at peddles and paddles and on our way. our chosen campsite was on the west side of the inlet, so we decided to cross right away before the winds got too strong and make the crossing more difficult to manage. after only a short paddle, we were across the inlet and heading toward our campsite at halfway beach. we had timed our padding so that the prevailing winds and tide would be in our favour and they definitely helped to make the 2.5 hour paddle that much easier.

after getting caught in a freak rain shower, we arrived at the beach to find that one group had already set up camp at the far end, so we planted our stake at the south end of the beach. in no time at all, we were all set up and back on the water to drop our traps (1 crab and 1 prawn) into the water. with only 50ft of rope on each trap, our options were limited and it took a bit of trial and error before we found a spot that would work. we left our traps in over night with the hope that we would score some prawns.

unfortunately, except for a few jelly fish and two sea stars, we came up empty all weekend. crystal blames the “commercial” crab food the we opted for considering we didn’t have refrigeration for either chicken or fish heads. while i was convinced it would work at the time of purchase, i think we’ll stick to chicken or fish heads next time.

overall, it was a great, sun filled weekend that allowed us to try out all our new super light camping gear. the conditions for the paddle home this morning alone would have made for a great day, but combined with the sun and fun of the previous two days, it was definitely a great long weekend.

Crystal’s version of the weekend’s events are up, and hers has photos!