July 5th Kayaking in the Channel Islands

July 5th Kayaking in the Channel Islands

Today we went kayaking on the coast of one of the Channel Islands. We signed up with a place that will take you out to the island where you kayak and eat lunch. We awoke at 5:00 in the morning to get to this place by seven. Our boat ended up leaving around nine and the journey took an hour. We were already tired and the day hadn’t even begun at that point. The kayaks were not the best to use but we made it work. It took me a little while to get the hang of it, but after that we were awesome. My arms were very sore at the end of the day. The water there is blue but not Caribbean blue. The boat ride was fun and we saw lots of dolphins and seals (or sea lions?). We had a seal come up above the water at one point and watch us paddle by. There were some really cool rock formations and we got to paddle underneath an arch a few times. There were a ton of starfish on the rocks and that was very cool to see. We’ve never seen any in the wild. The water here is really cold, so when it splashed up on you, you froze. Despite the cool water, the day was perfect: sunny, no smoke, no sunburn. When we got home, I took a really hot shower for my sore muscles. My arms don’t hurt at all but my shoulders do. We ate at a really yummy Italian place for dinner and watched a movie that we all fell asleep to. It was wonderful. We are really enjoying these last few days of our trip.