Same waterfall as yesterday, just at low tide this morning rather than at high tide yesterday afternoon.
The weather for today was supposed to be excellent. Not so tomorrow. So, we elected to make wake and head across Chatham Strait towards Petersburg. We ended-up stopping at Cannery Cove on Admiralty Island. This is the same anchorage we were in when we were headed up to Glacier Bay a month ago.
At the southern tip of Admiralty Island, Point Gardner, Chatham Strait and Frederick Sound meet. We came upon this humpback at that confluence. I'm guessing that these two large bodies of water collide and make for a lot of upwelling and good feeding opportunities for everybody.
FWIW, this is the same area where Bill caught his salmon last year. We are hoping for a repeat when he and Nicki join us in Prince Rupert a bit later in our trip.
This is the light at Point Gardner.
Looking back across Chatham Strait towards Red Bluff Bay off on Baranof Island.
High snowfields on Baranof Island. Somewhere on the other side of these mountains on Baranof Island is the town of Sitka, where we were a week ago.
Passing a small island off of Admiralty Island; see the water cave? We didn't explore it; we just passed by.
Shutterbug Lizzy, snapping photos. She is up to a gazzilion and three now...
Deep into a book. Boating and reading go really well together!
High icefields on the mainland on the other side of Frederick Sound. Looks like a glacier to me.
Here, you can see the glacier snaking down through the icefield below the high peak.
We passed the entrance to Cannery Cove and took this shot looking back at the fishing lodge on the southern point. What a great location!
Cannery Cove on Admiralty Island. There is a spectacular glacial bowl at the head of the bay. The peaks are about 2,000' or so high. Very impressive and I hope they make for a nice (and unneeded) wind break for tomorrow's forecast windstorm.
Surf & Turf dinner. Filet steaks and sockeye salmon steaks (lemon, EVOO, garlic, pepper, & capers), roasted new potatoes with onions, peppers, & garlic, and some grilled asparagus spears.
It went well with a 2023 Long Cellars Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon.
Looking back towards the mouth of Cannery Cove. The fishing lodge is just off to the right.
Our quiet anchorage tonight. Let's hope it stays quiet tomorrow. This afternoon, the forecast called for 15-25 knots of wind tomorrow. But tonight, the forecast has changed in our favor; the winds are down and now forecast to be only 6-8 knots. That would be marvelous!
We have a rule. While the boat can handle whatever, we don't need to. If it is going to be snotty out there, why go out there? Just stay in and have a relaxing day instead!
You and Karen are seasoned seafarers, so I imagine it takes quite a bit to make you seasick. But have any of your guests had a hard time with that? Motion sickness is the worst! What would you do if it turned out one of your guests just couldn’t handle it? -CM
One of our few rules aboard, is “no barfing”. People aren’t allowed to get seasick. If it will be rough out, we don’t go out. If it gets rough, we find a place to tuck in. Only if it is just the two of us do we continue on regardless (to a point).
Playing with propane again. My manifold was all bolted down so it cannot move. Last year when we closed out the season it was all fine. When we got aboard a few days ago, Karen said she smelled propane. Leaping into action, I chased the smell to the propane locker. After much fiddling, I discovered it was both the manifold and the regulator. The manifold fittings were all loose and if I held the flashlight at just the right angle, I could see the density waves of propane flowing out of the regulator vent. How can this happen? Regardless, it is now all fixed and my locker is clean (soapy water at close to 50/50 mix is a pretty good, if not goopy cleaner). All tightened, fittings are taped with yellow teflon tape + blue PFTE compound, tightened hand-tight + 1 turn with a wrench. So far, we haven't smelled more propane nor have we blown up. My next project is to replace this domest...
Not us! We spied this derelict boat along the shore at Point Thatcher, where Peril and Chatham Straits meet. Somebody had a really bad day... We departed just before 1100 (11:00am) this morning heading to Takatz Bay, about 48 miles to the east. Trying to catch-up on a bit of work reading. A friend of mine, Jeff Osorio, is writing a wonderful book on finance and I'm contributing what small bits I can. It will be on my "I highly recommend this book" list... If you want to really understand finance in the context of a small/medium business, this is the best I've ever seen. Rather than pick a few photos, here they all are. A pair of humpback whales. Likely a mother and her large calf spotted in Peril Strait about 2 miles west of Lindberg Head. We stopped for about 15-20 minutes to watch them play. Scroll away... I think whales "play". And this is a good example of it. Captain Lizzy at the helm. A...
That's the sound of the steady rain and they tink & plink into the water, or pitter-patter according to Google Gemini. It is entrancingly beautiful. Today started out just as the weather forecasters had promised. The rain cleared-up by 1100 (11:00am) and the winds died down to an acceptable 15 knots. We left Green Island Anchorage and headed north. We passed this point (Kwakume Point in Fitz Hugh Sound) where there were 3 humpbacks breaching, fin-slapping, and spy-hopping. Unfortunately, they were too far away to capture with the camera. To be clear, we do not chase the whales nor approach them. They have to come to us - that is their choice. Yup, that's Captain Karen at the helm. You always have to keep vigilant for logs and rafts of kelp that float around. Today, this stuff was everywhere, it was difficult to steer clear of it all. Perhaps the storms over the last few days washed this out of the mountains or ...
You and Karen are seasoned seafarers, so I imagine it takes quite a bit to make you seasick. But have any of your guests had a hard time with that? Motion sickness is the worst! What would you do if it turned out one of your guests just couldn’t handle it? -CM
ReplyDeleteOne of our few rules aboard, is “no barfing”. People aren’t allowed to get seasick. If it will be rough out, we don’t go out. If it gets rough, we find a place to tuck in. Only if it is just the two of us do we continue on regardless (to a point).
ReplyDeleteSo far, no one has violated my rule.