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| Raft Cove to Grant Bay: 13.2 nautical miles |
It is hot. The beach here is protected
from the wind by thousand foot high mountains, the sun is out and I
am hiding in my tent to try and stay cool but it isn't working.
This beach is accessable by road and
there is abundant evidence of human activity. There is what I
believe to be the debris of a crazy, teen party; lots of beer and pop
cans, a cheaply made, abandoned tent with pillows decaying inside and
a fry pan in the sand. There is a shelter frame made from driftwood
that is badly burnt on one side, a fire must have got out of hand. A
day-use shelter made of driftwood and blue tarps is surrounded by
garbage. Numerous fire pits line the beach with half-burnt logs,
sand piled on top and littered with discarded cans and food
containers.
I find it hard to believe how people
are able to treat such an amazing place. I am used to beach flotsam
but this is obviously brought by the people who visit and then just
discard their waste and it is only May on a beach that would be
cleaned by winter storms so this is just what they have done so far.
From what I have come to think of as
the 'teen-party massacre', I was able to salvage some provisions:
- roll of waterproof, medical tape
- can of Chef Boyardee Lasagna
- 2 cans of Hienz Beans with Bacon
- can of Fresca (really looking forward to this once it cools)
There are also 3 cans of Diet Pepsi but
I didn't take them. I am using the fly of the abandoned tent to
shelter my boat and food from the sun. Later, down the beach I
acquired four grape tomoatos from an abandoned lunch.
Today's paddle from Raft Cove was
excellent; the swell is low, there was light wind was at my back and
the shoreline was interesting with Sea Stacks and other features. I
had lunch on a nice beach that seemed to be seldom visited. I looked
for glass balls but found none.
