I love kayak surveys. I love the self sufficient feeling of paddling along with my home on board. Wherever we go - there we are! Everything for the 8 day survey fit into our inflatable kayaks - tent, food, wood stove, kitchen. At the start we landed at the beach at Carlsen Point and had over a 100K of coastline to survey on the way to Chief cove. Each day we sort of had a plan of how far we'd get, but things came up. Low tides at the head of bays slowed us down considerably as did finding inordinate numbers of sites that I had to document. But it really did not matter - we camped where we ended up at the end of the day.
It's a good way to do an archaeological survey. There is not a lot of gear and it is far cheaper than most other options. It is also one of the best ways to find sites. You are always really close to the shore and it is easy to spot the likely spots for sites. Also just being in the kayak helps you understand the shoreline in an analogous way to the people who created the archaeological sites. They too paddled the shoreline in kayaks - it helps if you are kayaking to see where a kayaker would have liked to land!
Patrick
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| Check out the goats on the beach in the background! |
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