Lake Eva, Hanus Bay
Kayaking presents a unique opportunity. Your point of view is altered, opening up a whole new perspective of the natural world surrounding you. As you paddle just above the surface of the water, you can’t help but become enveloped in your surroundings. Every rock, crevice, and cove presents a new place to check out. Kayaking can be both intense and peaceful at the same time. There is so much to see and hear – you can be overwhelmed with the need to tuck into every nook and cranny, or just as easily set your paddle down and just let the wildness soak into you. As you edge along the rocky shore, the many sounds of the forest that echo across the water can be overwhelming in their greatness or simply background music to your ears as you inspect the intertidal world of seaweed, barnacles and mussels.
Today in Hanus Bay, we had the chance to paddle and explore. Shoving off from shore, we nosed our kayaks out, glided across the bay, and thoroughly enjoyed sharing the water with the harbor seals, murrelets and common mergansers. Eagles seemed to peer majestically upon us from their perches high up in the hemlock and spruce trees. Occasionally one would swoop down from its branch to pluck a fish from the water. Harbor seals would poke their noses just above the surface, eyeing us just as curiously as we eyed them. A mother common merganser cruised along the rocky shores with her four newborn chicks. Several lucky kayakers watched a large brown bear amble along the shoreline for a bit, nosing along a tidal meadow before striding back into the forest! Even the sporadic rain showers could not diminish the sense of excitement we experienced in the kayaks today.
Kayaking presents a unique opportunity. Your point of view is altered, opening up a whole new perspective of the natural world surrounding you. As you paddle just above the surface of the water, you can’t help but become enveloped in your surroundings. Every rock, crevice, and cove presents a new place to check out. Kayaking can be both intense and peaceful at the same time. There is so much to see and hear – you can be overwhelmed with the need to tuck into every nook and cranny, or just as easily set your paddle down and just let the wildness soak into you. As you edge along the rocky shore, the many sounds of the forest that echo across the water can be overwhelming in their greatness or simply background music to your ears as you inspect the intertidal world of seaweed, barnacles and mussels.
Today in Hanus Bay, we had the chance to paddle and explore. Shoving off from shore, we nosed our kayaks out, glided across the bay, and thoroughly enjoyed sharing the water with the harbor seals, murrelets and common mergansers. Eagles seemed to peer majestically upon us from their perches high up in the hemlock and spruce trees. Occasionally one would swoop down from its branch to pluck a fish from the water. Harbor seals would poke their noses just above the surface, eyeing us just as curiously as we eyed them. A mother common merganser cruised along the rocky shores with her four newborn chicks. Several lucky kayakers watched a large brown bear amble along the shoreline for a bit, nosing along a tidal meadow before striding back into the forest! Even the sporadic rain showers could not diminish the sense of excitement we experienced in the kayaks today.
