Mike's Kayak Journal, all photos taken on 2010-07-9

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Ready to launch from the Burning Beach of Pain
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Approximate location: 50.12268N / 127.72018W.

Dooner stays behind on the Burning Beach of Pain
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Approximate location: 50.12268N / 127.72018W.

Remains of the fishing-float-bocci-ball touniment on the Burning Beach of Pain
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Approximate location: 50.12268N / 127.72018W.

I launch early to get away from the Burning Beach of Pain
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Approximate location: 50.12268N / 127.72018W.

Rock gardening just off the Burning Beach of Pain
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Approximate location: 50.11075N / 127.74248W.

I rock gardened solo from Burning Beach to Clark point
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Approximate location: 50.08798N / 127.84848W.

I landed on Nordstrom Beach an hour before any of my friends
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Approximate location: 50.09027N / 127.85314W.

Camping on Nordstrom Beach
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Approximate location: 50.09027N / 127.85314W.

Flotsom on Nordstrom Beach
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Approximate location: 50.09027N / 127.85314W.

Fossil in the rock on the side of Nordstrom Creek
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Approximate location: 50.09027N / 127.85314W.

Natural dam in Nordstrom Creek
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Approximate location: 50.09027N / 127.85314W.

Doug Hamilton on the natural dam in Nordstrom Creek
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Approximate location: 50.09027N / 127.85314W.

Flowers growing in the middle of Nordstrom Creek
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Approximate location: 50.09027N / 127.85314W.

Doug Hamilton beachcoaming on the north side of Nordstrom Creek
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Approximate location: 50.09027N / 127.85314W.

Looking out the cave at Nordstrom Creek
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Approximate location: 50.09027N / 127.85314W.

End of the cave at Nordstrom Creek
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Approximate location: 50.09027N / 127.85314W.

Don Barch exiting the cave at Nordstrom Creek
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Approximate location: 50.09027N / 127.85314W.

Looking back into the cave at Nordstrom Creek
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Approximate location: 50.09027N / 127.85314W.

A bent tree at Nordstrom Beach
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Approximate location: 50.09027N / 127.85314W.

A low-tide walk south of Nordsrom Creek
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Approximate location: 50.09439N / 127.85734W.

Tim Yarsh and Doug Hamilton back at Nordsrom Creek
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Approximate location: 50.09439N / 127.85734W.

I went beachcombing north of Nordsrom Creek
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Approximate location: 50.09403N / 127.85698W.

Sun shining on the next point over Nordsrom Creek
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Approximate location: 50.09403N / 127.85698W.

The kitchen tarp used by the "Red Team" at Nordsrom Creek
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Approximate location: 50.09414N / 127.85689W.

The kitchen tarp used by the Red Team at Nordsrom Creek
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Approximate location: 50.09414N / 127.85689W.

Doug Hamilton and Don Barch by the campfire at Nordstrom Beach
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Approximate location: 50.09414N / 127.85689W.