Smuggler Cove
On our first day (April 30th) there was very little wind, so we motored to our first anchorage of Smuggler Cove, north of Sechelt on the Sunshine Coast. We went kayaking for an hour and a half and saw two super cute martins. One came scampering along the shore not more than twenty feet away, and then a second one came out of the bush and ran out onto a rock in the water. He stood there and looked at us, and then jumped back onto the shore. I thought we had scared him and he would go into the bush, but instead he came running right along the shore where the other one had just ran. They ran along the rocks jumping from one to the next and then right up a steep rock covered in moss. They are so cute!!! I can't believe I left the boat without my big camera. We also saw a pair of what I think were Pileated Woodpeckers. They had the large red head crest. They are beautiful birds. Also lots of eagles and ravens here, and just a general peacefulness. It is beautiful. Wh...