Kirby hit it right: the west coast of Vancouver Island has Puget Sound beat all hollow for great sea kayaking, and you get to deal with ... surf! Bellingham is about an hour away from the terrific BC Ferry terminal at Tsawwassen (sp?), which in two hours or so plants you on the eastern shore of VI. Another couple hours puts you in Tofino ... or six-seven hours puts you on Johnstone Strait. We do this shuffle from here in 12 hours or so, but have maybe 5 hours of driving just to get to Bellingham, depending on how traffic is in Seattle. The San Juans are overrun, by comparison, with homes, stink-potters, and ... other sea kayakers. Even the BC version of the San Juans (Gulf Island) is less crowded and less settled. A couple of other bonuses: 1. there is a good exchange rate on the US dollar 2. the people are a lot nicer (even Kirby) Sure, Bellingham gets more rain than Seattle, but that's what makes rivers and creeks! -- Dave Kruger Astoria, OR (who lives in Oregon and is not leaving) *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Thu May 22 2003 - 10:16:30 PDT
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