Leaving Shearwater
Another thing we did while spending the extra day at
Shearwater was plan our route for the next few days and realized if all went
well, we could be in Alaska in 5 days. That got us both excited and it felt
good to be on the move again. As we headed North we noticed a lot less boats.
We slowed for a while down to troll for salmon, but got no bites. We ended up
getting beat up a little at Milbank Sound with the remnants of the gale that
blew through while we were in Shearwater, but then turned inside and all was
calm once we found some lee behind the outer islands. Nice. We also got a bit
of a whale show later in the afternoon. We saw one breaching and as we slowly
got closer to it, it kept jumping. Such a cool thing to watch. Of course the
one time it did breach close to the boat we both had our cameras pointed
somewhere else and just caught the giant splash. You’ll have to take our word
on how spectacular it was.
Millbank Sound
Back inside to calmer waters:
Hal, the autopilot running the show:
We had chosen Bottleneck Inlet as our evening anchorage. Turned out to be a beautiful spot. The sound of waterfalls, a mother seal and her baby playing nearby, and just a couple of other boats made for a peaceful night. Not to mention, as Pete went to check the crab pot the next morning (struck out), he got a beautiful shot of Kama hele at anchor in the cove. Definitely one of our favorites so far.
Quick dinghy ride to check the crab pot:
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