We pulled up the anchor in Fish Egg Inlet before dawn so we could cross Queen Charlotte Sound early before winds and waves kicked up. We have not been running before light yet this summer so this is the first time we have had to use our spot lights. In addition, Kathy stood on the bow for the first half hour to shine a handheld spotlight on any logs in our way. This was in the inlet so, yes, there were logs to avoid. Another long day, but easy motoring. These larger bodies of water are concerns for crossing, and we are taking advantage of calm winds when they are in our favor.
Of the dozens, or hundreds, of whales we have seen, we typically watch but many times do not slow down. When we were close to Port Hardy we stopped to watch 3-4 whales feeding for about a half hour, since they were so close to us. Special!
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| Whale! |
We got to Port Hardy at around 5pm and the the marina did not have room for us. We anchored off of the public dock, instead of going to the public dock where many people were fishing. We called a few restaurants and they were closed for the day, so we did not go to shore or anything, no pictures and not what we could say was a special spot!
The next morning we decided to head to Port McNeill and try to get in a marina there to do one more load of laundry, eat out, get a little diesel for safety's sake, and get some land time. What a cute town and the port harbor was very nice.
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| The cats are always curious when we are on a dock! |
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| Cindy and the whale art |
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| Not much more to say on this one. It was HUGE! |
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| Bringing the laundry up the dock, three loads, too much for our little washer-dryer |
Next stops will be in Desolation sound after we transit another body of water that can have adverse conditions, Johnstone Straight. There are not too many more obstacles now, but we have been saving days in case we have to wait for good weather.
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