On Sat, Mar 7, 2009 at 9:45 AM, Bradford R. Crain <crainb_at_pdx.edu> wrote: > I used to think that kayak trips would magically take us deep into > the wilds of British Columbia. In 1979 my wife and I and our (then toddler) daughter spent a week at Hot Springs Cove. There were no other sailboats, no kayakers, but lots of BC salmon trollers who treated us royally by tossing shaker salmon (they had to toss back anything under 22 inches but we, with our sport fishing license, could keep anything over 19 inches... so they gave us all that were in between that would not have survived) onto our decks. We ate broiled salmon, bbq'ed salmon, fried salmon, baked salmon, and salmon cakes for the next week. But I digress.... Every day at 10am a Cessna 185 on floats arrived from Victoria with 5 paying customers. Since most people then went into the hot springs nude it could be a fun encounter. One time it was a group of evangelical Christians who tried their best not to look down. I bet they're still talking about that. But even 30 years ago we could not expect complete isolation on the west coast of Vancouver Island. Until oil has run out, it will be thus. Take heart... oil is bound to run out. Craig Jungers Moses Lake, WA *************************************************************************** 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 Sat Mar 07 2009 - 10:38:46 PST
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