Exploring and Playing on the Beaches on Calvert Island
July 4th (Thursday) It drizzled all night, which was not very motivating at all. Around seven, however, the grey of the drizzle moved past, and a motivating patch of optimistic blue appeared. We gathered our things and headed to the beach. We had decided the day before that we wanted to be to 7th beach around 9 a.m., because that was the time for a very low tide. It was to be 0.15 metres. We got to the beach on time, and after dropping off our packs at our spot, we spent an enjoyable couple of hours exploring along the fronts of the rocks around past the end of 7th beach, and on to 10th beach. The area we were walking would have had water well above our heads with crashing waves at high tide, and we enjoyed exploring all the nooks and crannies of the rock, filled with all sorts of cool sea life. We were surprised to see another couple out exploring, it appeared as though they had also timed their arrival for the low tide, and they also took their time po...