Of Whales and Sunsets...

What a day.   We were running low on water, so after wrangling with the water filters, I was able to get them working sufficiently well.  So, we puttered around at low speed for most of the day.   We went about 20 miles to cover the 4.5 miles from Weinberg Inlet to McMicking Inlet.

Last night another Selene, Amavi, entered our inlet, but they anchored in a different bay.   This morning, Bill & Pam stopped by in their fishing dink to say "hi".

We departed shortly thereafter to idle around in the clearer water of Estevan Sound and make fresh water to fill our water tanks, which were uncomfortably low.

We never make water in the bays or inlets as the water is too turbid and full of sediment and green growth.

With nothing to do but putter, and fill water tanks, we meandered north, because we could...   And we encountered a large pod of humpback whales in Nepean Sound at the northwest corner of Campania Island.

Unfortunately, that is about all of the whale you typically see; just spouts, backs, and flukes.   But in our case, these guys were spy hopping, breaching, and tail slapping.  Of course, we were unable to capture any of that on the camera.  We sat there for over an hour in neutral going nowhere as they were all around us.

We were headed north, so we turned around and headed south from Nepean Sound through Estevan Sound to tonight's anchorage in McMicking Inlet.

These pictures are of our entrance into McMicking Inlet, where we anchored all the way at the head of the bay.

McMicking from a navigator's point of view is a little bit intimidating as there are rocks, outcroppings, spires, etc.that lurk just below the surface throughout the shallow and long entrance.

McMiking Inlet is somewhat unique in that it sports white sand beaches.   We, of course, had to go exploring.

So, we took the dink, named Roe, and went ashore.

Clearly, they get some big winds which drive the floating logs and trees up high on the beaches.

Back to the mothership.

Boots off!   Of course, I got a boot full of cold (49 degree) saltwater when we shoved off the beach.   Good news, it was only one of them!  Brrrr.

Dinner time!   Master Chef Karen made her beef & chicken Gyoza Pho soup (or whatever you'd call that).   Very yummy.

And then it was sunset time.   Oh my!   these were all taken over the span of maybe 20 minutes.

And on that note... Good Night!