This will be brief. Today was awesome. Big paddling. Calm paddling. Cool paddling. Warm paddling. Paddling with whales.

Even cooler was magic around many points: friends coming out in fast craft to say hello and take photos, surprising a dear friend on her 77th birthday by appearing out of nowhere on Change Islands, having folks on the Canal Bridge that we met the night before cheer on the milestone of Fogo today, being met when arriving a day early on Change Islands and being welcomed like family, and falling into bed dead tired but so alive with the joy of human and place connection.

We paddled from Sandy Cove to Change Islands today. Tomorrow we cross to Pike’s Arm and Herring Neck. Stay tuned.

We are conducting this expedition as RCGS Expedition Grantees and we thank the society for their support!