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18 -20 mph winds and three to four foot swells met us as we paddled our kayaks out of Lund Harbor heading north. Waves sloshed over the boats, and, even though we had skirts and rain gear, they soaked us. Steering was next to impossible. Our intrepid group of seven was just beginning a trip to Desolation Sound with the …

The off-season in Desolation Sound, on the British Columbia Coast, has a mysterious feel. I haven’t seen another boat for hours, and nothing interrupts my boat’s wake trailing dutifully behind Elenoa for miles on the otherwise still water. Have I been transported back to prehistoric times, and am I the first to witness this astounding beauty?  In my dinghy, lost …