Finally, we're ready to leave. And we won't tell anybody that seconds later, the sea sock wouldn't let him in...

We reached the starting point after riding the ''Victoria Clipper'' from Seattle; there is a bus to Campbell River via Nanaimo. We took several taxis and the Quadra Island Ferry; but the afternoon ''Clipper'' from Vancouver was too late for the Quadra ferry. If you take one of the morning sailings, you get to Heriot Bay within one day. At Campbell River, the local ''Tonys Taxi'' moved us around on Quadra Island. You can rent a kayak at Heriot Bay; so our effort of boatbuilding saved us 180 dollars for a rental kayak: