...Tutka Bay Kayak Trip

These are the kayak trails we made in the Tutka Bay area over three days.  We started at Yukon Island, set up a basecamp at Arch Beach, and got picked up at Kayak Beach.  We paddled ~20 miles.

Troy looks over the North Pacific from the entrance of Tutka Bay.

Doug assembles his folding kayak on a Yukon Island beach.

Approaching Elephant Rock.  This was the first destination of our trip.

Doug and Troy paddling near the entrance to Tutka Bay.

Out for an evening paddle.

Troy got a new stove for the trip.  It is easy to set-up and boils water in a flash.

Doug prepares dinner at Arch Beach.

The evening campfire at Arch beach.

Doug put the food bags out of reach of animals each evening.  We did see a bear just a couple hundred yards down the beach from our camp, but it never got any closer.

Repairing a broken rudder cable near Arch Beach.

Doug examines a sea star that was dangling from a rock after the tide went out.

Doug crouches to peer under a rock stuck in the arch.

The drinking fountain near Arch Beach.  It was a great water source.

Group photo just before we departed from Arch beach.

Troy and Doug paddling out of Arch Beach.

Troy at the entrance of Tutka Bay.  Hesketh Island is in the background.

All this gear fit in my kayak.

Our ride, the Bonnie Ann, pulling into Kayak Beach to pick us up.

The kayaks aboard the Bonnie Ann on our way to Yukon Island.

Three kayakers after a successful trip on the Bonnie Ann headed for Homer.