August 10, 2019 - Shearwater BC to Fish Egg Inlet: Green Island Anchorage

We spend an hour or so every night planning the next day, but then things change during the day as we deal with currents, wildlife sightings (delays), our tiredness level, etc.  We originally thought we would stop at an anchorage before Shearwater but decided we could travel a little further today so that we would not need to wait until the store opened the next day for groceries.  We made it to Shearwater a bit late but with enough time to anchor out and pick up a few groceries.  This is really just a marina and resort, not a town.  There are a lot of fishing resorts here.

Shearwater Resort and Marina, not much here but free WiFi!

Not quite as fun as Cindy had hoped, the ball was flat,
and it was right next to the tree.

Guess there was no sign saying you could not climb the bear........

The next morning, it was another calm day motoring south down Fitz Hugh Sound.  We again saw several dozen whales.  In fact, one came up in front of us and we had to stop our engines as it appeared we were going to run over it.

Took this video without zoom as we approached the whale. 

Steve ran and shifted to neutral, then reverse

Steve and Kathy has spent some time in Fish Egg Inlet about 15 years ago and were excited to spend some time in there again.  Coming in this time in our much larger boat, most of the anchorages seemed really small for us.  After looking at a few anchorages we ended up heading back toward the entrance to Green Island.  A pretty spot and once again, we were by ourselves.  It was plenty big enough for us.  We are seeing more vessels heading south now along these straights and reaches.

Green Island Anchorage, British Columbia

Cindy took many of these pictures.  She took all the wildlife ones shown below.

Cindy took this video of a crab we think got a barnacle that Cindy stepped on, and then the fish attacked the crab to get the barnacle.  Crazy!