Sea kayaking on the Great Lakes

Wild winds and hard rock and cold rain…..that’s sea kayaking on Georgian Bay.  But it’s also warm summer breezes and the sweet smell of pine on sun-baked rock.  You just can’t ever take the Bay for granted and this changing beauty keeps me coming back to her.  I can do that in a canoe-and in truth, that’s my first love.....but a kayak does different things to the soul. It teases you to go further – sometimes to a place where you wonder at your sanity.  In the journey, your self-importance wanes, quietly replaced with the power of water and wind.   I find myself asking for safe passage, finally understanding that all my skill and gear and knowledge doesn’t hold a candle to the energy and wit of the big beyond.  The best part is, it belongs to all of us-if we only take the time…  Tim Dyer