By Keith and Heather Nicol
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| There is a nice sandy section east of the boat launch |
It has been a
late start to the sea kayaking season for us. This has been in part due to the
cool spring and early summer and also because we have been recently traveling
out of the country taking in our niece`s wedding in Italy and touring Tuscany
for 2 weeks. However we finally got out
on June 12 and headed to the point and around toward Kay Bay. We were surprised
to see little seal activity or bird life but that would change as we as turned
around and paddled to a sandy beach for a stretch and to enjoy the sunny warm
weather. Although much of this section of shoreline is quite cobbly at lower
tides there is a small section of sandy beach east of the boat launch which is
useful to know about if you want a relaxing place to come ashore.
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| We like paddling in this area for the views of mountains across Georgia Strait |
Soon after we
launched from the sandy beach we saw an eagle perched on a rock and it let us
approach to within a few meters and then as we returned to the boat launch ramp
we saw a swarm of gulls squawking at the water`s edge. We also saw about 10
eagles diving toward them diving and swooping. It turned out someone had just dumped some
fish entrails off at the edge of the boat launch and the birds were having a free lunch. The take out area is
not that wide and so as we pulled in the eagles were reluctant to leave so we
had a perfect view of the eagles fighting over the scraps with the gulls
darting in when they thought it was safe.
We have kayaked at Point Holmes on many occasions but never had this
sort of eagle viewing as we loaded our boats onto the car. My only complaint
was that I didn`t have my DSLR camera and had only brought my small waterproof
camera. Next time!! For those people new
to this area Point Holmes is a good place to launch since they have a boat
launch which means that you can kayak on just about any tide level. Be sure to
drop your money for launching in the box to help pay for this convenient
facility. The boat launch is on Lazo Road near the Southwind Road intersection.
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| We were met by lots of eagles at the boat launch |
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