The folks at the Rocky Point helpfully launched us into the water (so we didn't even have to get our feet wet!) and off we went. Within five minutes of paddling we were alongside a mother seal and her pup. The mother watched us with alert brown eyes as we drifted past on the incoming tide, the pup occasionally looking up to see what we were. We left them alone and paddled all of ten metres to find another mother seal and pup :-) This pattern kind of repeated itself for the next twenty minutes as we paddled around one log boom, before heading over to another with even more seals on it. It was an amazing experience to be so close - and by "close" I mean about 10-20 metres away, not in their faces. A couple of times we startled a seal into the water, and moved further away from the boom to give them space.
Since we were on the water, I had the old camera in hand with its very useful long zoom lens. I took about 40 seal photos :-) but this one was the best by far - the seal is one of the mothers, and her pup is just out of the frame to the left. I'll probably put the companion photo on Flickr anyway, as it's nice to see the two side-by-side.
Having run out of seals, we set off on the rest of our peaceful paddling adventure around the eastern end of Burrard Inlet. We finished up with fish and chips at Pajo's (fish - good, chips - meh) before driving home to catch the finale of the Celebration of Light. What a gorgeous way to spend a Saturday. And in case you're wondering, a divorce is not imminent ;-)
More photos from today are on Flickr.
Watchful seal
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