Saturday, July 18, 2015

MEC Paddlefest Victoria 2015

This morning, Louise and I headed down to Willows Beach for the 2015 iteration of the MEC Paddlefest Victoria. This year's event probably could not have taken place on a better day. With nearly constant sun and nearly no rain since April, today was another gorgeous day. Okay, I'm trying to put a nice face on it -- we're actually facing some extreme drought conditions and forest fire dangers in the province. It's going to be a long, hot summer. But things aren't bad enough that we can't put those thoughts aside for a while and enjoy today's event.
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First, Louise and I wandered down to the Ocean River area where we bumped into Ben, and chatted with him for a while as we caught up with each other.
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But of course the whole point of a paddlefest is to go paddling, so Louise and I took turns trying out the new Delta 17.
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I enjoyed paddling this boat so much that I forgot to take a picture of it.

Then we bumped into our old pal Mark of Kayak Distribution, and spent a while catching up. We're starting to do more talking then paddling at these things.
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Another successful paddling event!
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Trip length: .10 km
YTD: 8.44 km
More pictures are here.

1 comment:

  1. I was there running Intro to Kayaking for MEC all day. Good to see these photos.

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