We started kayaking today at 1pm waved on by locals including the school kids. The wind was gentle and the sun came out giving us a great start. We crossed our first pass between Islands close to slack water with no problems. Our kayaks are really heavy with 3-4 weeks food and landing at lunchtime on a gravel beach with small but surging surf was tricky. Landing spots are few and far between on these rocky volcanic Islands and tonight we landed up a rocky river and awkwardly carried the kayaks onto a ledge. it was 6pm, Sarah was tired and we didn’t think there would be a good landing for at least a couple of hours. Now we’re well fed, looking forward to an early night and hoping for more good weather.

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