We’d dreamed of taking the boys to explore the wild islands north of Cape Caution – and luckily, our weather held for this leg of the journey. We left Duncanby Marina, a newly restored fishing lodge where we’d docked at the mouth of River’s Inlet, motoring up Fitz Hugh Sound along the eastern edge of Calvert Island. Watching Duncanby guests returning with obscene amounts of just-caught Coho (including a 38 pounder), James tried valiantly to rig a super-salmon lure and troll off Heron’s stern , but no bites.
We anchored in Calvert Island’s Pruth Bay just in time for a visit to the Hakai Research Institute and hike along its rain forest trail, which emerges upon Hakai’s magnificent West Beach. The fragrant cedar-fresh scent of the forest changed as we neared the beach side, hinting at salt air. We could hear the rhythm of gentle surf pounding. “There’s surf here?” the boys asked, hopefully.
The surf turned out to be one-foot rollers sweeping a mile-long beach, but the boys took off running down the powder-soft sand anyway. Jeff and I took a walk in the opposite direction, then we all sat on a weathered driftwood log, buried our toes in the warm sand, and watched the sun set over the Pacific...
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