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Deck view

Kayakers

Can we stand up

Trip Report

Well now I have your attention I will tell you my version of the truth!!!!! Karen and I set off Friday as the weather was better that predicted and managed a reasonable walk out to Poari before waiting the arrival of the workers ... Andrew and Tania that night ... who brought the rain. The fireplace was well ablaze and our tongues got extra exercise that night.

Saturday dawned...weather looked great and I managed to get two kayaks out. Andrew tried his hand at fishing but to no avail so later took at kayak out to the heads but still no luck. I took off to the island and came back with lots of mussels. Tania and Karen went kayaking then walking ... and then our group doubled in size with the arrival of Jason, Caleb,Liam and Lisa and boat... yeh ahh!!!! It was starting to cool a little so the boating was deferred until Sunday and nibbles and drinks took priority. We were waiting the arrival of Catherine and Chantal ... who did not come out earlier due to what they thought was bad weather ... and Chantal deserted us on arrival as her kids could not get into the house.

Sunday dawned too good to last ... with an intrepid three people with head torches on going looking for shore night life .... very nice Irish ingenuity to allow some of the group sleep in a bit longer without two excited boys .... By 9am we departed to head up to the Port Levy saddle and walk out to Hilltop as far as we could until noon...but the road was closed due to bridge reconstruction so we had a road walk up hill for a while until we reached the top...views were great for a while and then true to my suspicion the clouds rolled in and everyone thought it was not much fun walking in the clouds seeing nothing and getting cold!!!! {no sense of adventure} so they turned heel and headed back followed by the leader... So for those who wanted Jason kindly took a boat tour of Port Levy and others who had not kayaked got out...then homeward bound....Home was very quiet after such a nice weekend with great people who are like family.

Trip partakers were Karen Garrick, Chantal McCarthy, Catherine Tatarniuk, Andrew Wrapson, Jason Trimble, Lisa Harrison, Caleb Trimble, Liam Trimble, Tania Stevens and Liz Tanner leader and scribe

-- Uploaded by Liz Tanner on 19 July, 2010