Kayaking SLO County's Coast

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KAYAKING SLO COUNTY'S COAST

Planning and prepping

This is not a trip for weak stomachs or soft shoulders.
KAYAKING SLO COUNTY'S COAST

Meet the kayakers

Read about the three men undertaking the trip
KAYAKING SLO COUNTY'S COAST

An adventure is born: 7 days, 3 kayaks, one great adventure

When Tribune photographer Joe Johnston first suggested kayaking the San Luis Obispo County coast, I thought to myself, "Somebody's been spending too much time in the darkroom."
KAYAKING SLO COUNTY'S COAST

Day 1: In history's wake

Coastal explorers have been launching boats from the mouth of San Carpoforo Creek for hundreds of years, so we figured our sunrise send-off wouldn't be much of an adventure.
KAYAKING SLO COUNTY'S COAST

Day 6: Whale of a finish

Sunrise was still nearly an hour away when the three of us began lugging our kayaks to the dimly lit dock behind Port Side Marine.
KAYAKING SLO COUNTY'S COAST

Day 5: A view for a few

As we paddled south from Spooner’s Cove, it was as if the three of us were leaving the civilized world behind.
KAYAKING SLO COUNTY'S COAST

Days 3 & 4: Landmark in the mist

By the third day, the three of us were sunburned, blistered and plenty salty after another wet and wild launch at Morro Strand State Beach.
KAYAKING SLO COUNTY'S COAST

Day 2: Hang 10 and hang on

Our kayaks were swaying from side to side along the Cambria coastline when we saw the silhouette of another kayaker slicing through the morning mist.