Brando Yelavich - wildboy adventuresNov 2, 20182 minVancouver Island - Day 61The seals woke us up making their funny snorting noise. I looked out at the ocean, it was still and calm, no wind just a light drizzle...
Brando Yelavich - wildboy adventuresNov 1, 20182 minVancouver Island - Day 60Ngaio was up at first light even though we could sleep in today. She woke me up to go over the plan for paddling the Seymour narrows, we...
Brando Yelavich - wildboy adventuresOct 31, 20183 minVancouver Island - Day 59It was another chilly morning with a brisk wind and heavy clouds. This has become our usual, gone are the days of clear skies and beaming...
Brando Yelavich - wildboy adventuresOct 30, 20182 minVancouver Island - Day 58It was another rainy morning on the east coast, we hunkered down in the tent and waited for the showers to pass. We packed up camp and...
Brando Yelavich - wildboy adventuresOct 29, 20182 minVancouver Island - Day 57It was a stormy night on the island. The wind threatened to rip the fly off the tent, each gust seemed to be stronger than the last. By...
Brando Yelavich - wildboy adventuresOct 28, 20182 minVancouver Island - Day 56It was a cold damp morning, there was a heavy dew and the sun was hidden behind thick clouds. We put on all our layers, trying to ignore...
Brando Yelavich - wildboy adventuresOct 27, 20182 minVancouver Island - Day 55We were woken by the noisy crashing of waves against the shore. I opened the tent and was surprised to see the tide had come all the way...
Brando Yelavich - wildboy adventuresOct 26, 20183 minVancouver Island - Day 54It rained all night and when we woke up it was still raining. I poked my head outside the tent and could see the ocean was choppy and...
Brando Yelavich - wildboy adventuresOct 18, 20182 minVancouver Island - Day 46We woke in our awesome little camp spot ready for another day on the water... after cheese toasties for breakfast we packed up camp and...
Brando Yelavich - wildboy adventuresOct 17, 20181 minVancouver Island - Day 45We met Jesse and Austin at the dock at 9am. We wanted to have our kayaks packed and ready to go so we could paddle with the current...
Brando Yelavich - wildboy adventuresOct 16, 20181 minVancouver Island - Day 43/44After a weekend in Victoria we are ready to hit the water again (gently without breaking the boats). Ngaio and i have spent the past two...
Brando Yelavich - wildboy adventuresOct 14, 20182 minVancouver Island - Day 42It felt so strange to wake up in the city to the sound of traffic rather than in the beach to the sound of waves. But we had a pretty...
Brando Yelavich - wildboy adventuresOct 13, 20182 minVancouver Island - Day 41We were up before the sun today. Our little island was catching the westerly wind and reminding us we had an early start. We had the...
Brando Yelavich - wildboy adventuresOct 12, 20183 minVancouver Island - Day 40It was another beautiful sunny day today, the sea was flat and everything felt still. We said goodbye to our new friends, Smu and Betty,...
Brando Yelavich - wildboy adventuresOct 11, 20183 minVancouver Island - Day 39We were both feeling a little on edge about departing this morning. I was very aware that my repairs may not hold and Ngaio had gotten...
Brando Yelavich - wildboy adventuresOct 10, 20183 minVancouver Island - Day 38We woke up bright and early this morning, we wanted to be on the water earlier so we would have time to set up camp before it was dark in...
Brando Yelavich - wildboy adventuresOct 9, 20183 minVancouver Island - Day 37Our day started with a challenge today. We had some big waves to paddle through and they were breaking way off shore. Our plan was to...
Brando Yelavich - wildboy adventuresOct 8, 20183 minVancouver Island - Day 36It was another rainy morning on the west coast of Vancouver Island. We set off into the drizzle with another 30km day ahead of us. It was...
Brando Yelavich - wildboy adventuresOct 6, 20182 minVancouver Island - Day 34Drip drip drip ... We woke to the unpleasant sensation of water dripping on our faces. It had been steadily raining all night and the...
Brando Yelavich - wildboy adventuresOct 5, 20182 minVancouver Island - Day 33It was a beautiful morning in Tofino, the sun was shining and there was a cool autumn chill to the air. We made our way down to the dock...