9/11/2020 - Budd Inlet, West Bay Park, Olympia, WA

Time: 3.05 hours

Distance: 10.24 miles

We put into Budd Inlet in the South Puget Sound from West Bay Park in Olympia WA. Smoke from the fires across the West coast had rolled in over night making visibility and air quality fairly bad. The tide was coming in the entire trip but the return trip somehow took longer than the outgoing. Early in the trip we passed a small colony of seals who'd were lazing on a log deck and through the trip we had a number of encounters with it's members. 

Lynda preparing to put in.

Lynda paddling by a small colony of seals that had made their home on a log deck near the start of the trip.

Dane taking a short rest on the way out. The smoke is very evident.

Lynda showing off the horde of shells she found during a quick stop before turning back.

Dane paddling South on the return trip.

A buoy and a small tower on the way back.

Lynda paddling South on the return trip.

Lynda stopping to watch a seal that's watching here. You can just see his small head in the distance.