July 10-11, 2017 — Kwakume Inlet —

Another beautiful day in paradise.  I was up early, hoping to get some flat seas for paddling, and was rewarded with beautiful paddling conditions.  So, I headed back to the entrance. 

Just inside the entrance, I came upon a Blue Heron intently fishing for breakfast.

 

 

 

Then, I decided to check out the rocky point where I’d seen the Harlequins yesterday.  I was in luck.  They were back.

 

 

 

 

When I spotted a tug coming up the sound, pushing a good sized wake, I thought I probably should head back inside.  I didn’t want to wind up smashed against the rocky shore. 

But, as I was taking one last shot of the Harlequins,  a huge white mass appeared in my lens, just above the Harlequins.  “What the…..”  I immediately tucked my camera inside my jacket, turned around, and started paddling for the entrance for all I was worth, all the while waiting to be bashed up onto the shore.  Once inside, I turned around to take a look and saw what the “huge white mass” was.  It was the white superstructure of a huge barge tug was towing.   Because I was zooming way in to get a shot of the Harlequins, the barge which appeared behind them in my lens, looked way closer than it actually was.  You had to be there.

 

On the way back to the boat I spotted a small bird busily hopping from one seaweed covered rock to another, looking for goodies.   When I zoomed in on it I discovered it was a very colorful Robin Redbreast.