"Nearing the end! There are still many, many stories from this sailing trip, but only a few more that I’m going to share. This one is significant, though, because it is the first of three amazing things that happened within about 17 hours, making for the clear highlight of my trip.
Day 8. August 11 2016. Part I. After an open-ocean sailing the day before, we had anchored in Pruth Bay off Calvert Island, home to the Hakai Reseach Centre (more remote than Bamfield!). We rowed ashore and tied up at the docks, then took a nice 5-minute walk across the island to the highly-anticipated white sandy beaches. Oh yes, an expansive, surprisingly white, and wonderfully sandy beach on BC’s west coast, warm and perfect for swimming. An isolated beach in the grand scheme of things, yet clearly popular with anyone on Calvert Island. It was incredible to come out of the forest to this. I just wanted to run! It was beautiful. We played a massive game of soccer and Ultimate Frisbee on the hard-packed sand, port sleeping side vs starboard sleeping side. It started out as a large game of soccer, and then after a while we added a Frisbee, so you had to decide what you wanted to chase. It brought back long-forgotten memories of PE class (only this was clearly more epic). Our team got crushed, but I had a blast (my journal says, “Ran a lot. It was glorious!”). And then we went swimming! So great to relax and float on the waves, or try to swim with the waves to get some good speed.
Overall, it was most lovely, and a great beginning to the day. I do love the BC coast."
~Nicole E.
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