Cruising Adventures of the Red Witch

June 30th (Tuesday) Although it was mostly cloudy when we woke up, the forecast had been for sun, so we were optimistic that it would clear.  We inflated our kayaks and packed for an exploring, beach day.   We paddled out at 09:30 and made our way out of the inner basin area and into St John Harbour.     The wind was blowing fairly strongly from the Northwest so we had to fight it at first.     Once we were through the Back Door passage the wind was coming at us from the side and we made our way through the islands, staying on the lee sides as much as possible.     As we passed one grassy cove we saw two Sandhill Cranes, they walked up into the forest when they saw us so we wondered if they had a nest.     When Canada Geese are nesting they will walk up into the forest when they see us, it looks quite funny.     The wind was on our backs as we sailed our way through the last passageway on our way to the...

June 28th (Sunday) This morning we were once again up with our alarm, but today it was about an hour later because the start of the ebbing tide was also about an hour later.  We checked all of our weather forecasting sites, current conditions at lighthouse reporting stations, and ocean buoy reports, and then we considered our options.  Although we very much wanted to go out cruising, we had also somewhat resigned ourselves to the fact that we wouldn't be going out after yesterday’s disappointment.  We had therefore gotten excited about the exploring that we might do on Link Lake.  Now, with the weather information that we had from what they had forecasted for yesterday compared to what had actually happened at all of the different reporting sites, we were left even more unsure as to what we should do.   It looked promising that the wind that they were forecasting for the Central Coast might primarily stay offshore, but that was un...