Tuesday, May 27

After a relaxing Sunday and a very successful day of shopping in the States on Monday, Tuesday we decided to do the touristy thing again. We took the BC Ferries across to Galiano Island to do some real BC kayaking. We left our car behind as the brochures and books all said there was transport on the island. When we got there we walked for a kilometer to the bike rental place...no one there. We were planning to hire a bike to get us to our kayaking destination 8 km away. Well, we saw someone at a restaraunt who told us the lady from the bike rentals was working at the post office so we went there to be told she wasn't able to rent out any bikes, the taxi service has just changed hands so there were no taxis, so our option was to hitch-hike. Well, luckily a nice lady picked us up and took us to the kayak rentals which was luckily open. We went for a fantastic 4 hour paddle along the shore of the island and saw the granite and sandstone cliffs, an otter and lots of seals who were blowing raspberries at us, and keeping a close eye on us. It was an awesome experience!