Opening Day in Auke Bay

Steadfast is the research ship we spotted last year at the Le Conte Glacier down by Petersburg.

Today was another laundry day, cleaning, working, and pre-packing.  Just in case we were missing anything, we wanted to pack to discover what it might be.  So far, all is good.

Socks, check.   Underwear, check.   Toothbrush, check.
John & Susan should recognize this.  Leftover Clam Chowda with jalapeno cornbread.   We had one leftover jalapeno, so it ended up in the chowder.

Spicy!








The rain finally stopped for a bit!   So, we took a hike around the marina to see what was going on with so many commercial fishing boats in the harbor.
Turns out that Sunday is "Opening Day" for hatchery king salmon and a few others.   Opening Day is when all the commercial fishermen are allowed by law to ply their trade.
It is common to see boats rafted 3 deep here in Statter Harbor, Auke Bay.
The red topped and blue sided boats are all whale watching tour boats.   So many boats, so many people and so few whales...
The view from the Harbormaster's Office.  Just a sea of boats out to Samsara, J. K. Rowlings 290' mega yacht.

Her tender is bigger than my boat.
A couple of purse seiners rafted outboard of this old tug.











There is only 4' of space between those transoms (back-end of a boat) and my transom swim step.  There is even less space between me and the boat in front of us (my bow actually overhangs his bow). 
Looking out from the end of the breakwater to the mouth of Auke Bay.











Ever more boats coming into the harbor.   This is another purse seiner on the way in and a long liner on the way out.

Tomorrow, we are off to Anchorage (by plane) and then Denali.   I will not be bringing my computer.  That means, no real work and likely no blog posts until we return on 7/13.  I will bring my iPad so maybe - if I have connectivity...

See you all in the funny pages.   Good night.

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