Dave and I were into Day 5 of our trip around the north end of Vancouver Island. We left Sea Otter Cove intent on camping about 18 NM down the outer coast of Vancouver Island at Grant Bay. As the fog and overcast lifted the conditions greened up to 15 knots with moderate seas and 3 foot chop. From Commerell Point to Lippy Point everything was generally at our backs and life was very good. Wonderful paddling.
Rounding Lippy Point we entered Grant Bay and things took an odd turn. It’s about ½ NM to the beach once you enter the bay and things on the broad shore looked different than we had anticipated. From our viewpoint there appeared to be a building of some sort in the middle of the beach and the smoke from several scattered campfires rising into the air. A sailboat was anchored about 300 yards off the beach and music was blasting from its sound system. We paddled up to get the lay of the land.
