Today's cover photo is of Lowe Inlet this morning as we were preparing to depart at 0700. The different shades of blue-purple in the water are from the freshwater stream as it flows over and around the saltwater of the bay. We were anchored in the middle of the flow. This other boat, Fortitude, is a double-end Kady-Krogen trawler.
The first whale we saw was not a humpback as the dorsal fin was small, very pointed and angled back, that would make it a Minke. This picture is what happens when you try and take a picture from inside on a rainy day...
News Flash - There are whales in Whale Channel! Unlike many places around, Whale Channel is aptly named. Here are a number of pictures four different whales out of the dozen or more that we saw...
Here is another whale for you...
And in case you need another...
This medium sized one played with us for about 15 minutes in the narrow Hiekish Channel. He was frolicking in the north channel. I did everything I could to keep out of his way, including stopping and diverting around the rocks in the middle to the south channel, but he followed us there. I kept well to shore as he was in the middle, but then he followed us there as well. He was breaching, pectoral fin slapping, spy-hopping, rolling around, and otherwise being a whale.
While he was fairly close to us, it was nearly impossible to get a good picture of him. Oh well.
On final approach to Bottleneck inlet, the fog came in dense.
Here we are finally at anchor; nice peaceful, quiet cove...
Some shots of the cove tonight in the rain. The water is a beautiful pea-green, probably reflecting all the green from the coniferous trees around us.
This is the only other occupant of our cove tonight. It's a pretty blue-hulled sailboat. Looks like a Beneteau or a Juneau to me.
Rain notwithstanding, this is a beautiful, well protected anchorage. Here we are in 35' of water with a nice soft mud bottom. Great holding and relatively shallow.
It is forecast to blow 35knots all night, so we put out 155' of chain and the single bridle.
In here as protected as it is, I bet we don't see more than 10knots of wind and no waves at all.
Tomorrow, we will be in the little town of Shearwater and hopefully, tied at the dock, where we can fully charge-up the batteries, fill-up the water, take out the garbage, and maybe have a fish dinner at the local (and only) restaurant. Hey, it gets great reviews and is supposed to be very good.
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