August 4, 2017

Left around 7:00 for a planned trip to Rescue Bay. As it turned out though, the weather was improved from the last report we were able to get, and so Danny called on the radio and talked about heading all the way down into Millbank Sound and around the corner. We had a nice ride down Tolmie Channel and got some Telus along the way. We exchanged some text with Byron and Sue who were on their way to Wigham Cove.

We did a drive by Klemtu for the cell signal and downloaded some email and did some internet things. We headed out into Finlayson Channel and it looked OK, so we gave the go ahead to go around to Seaforth Channel the shorter way, but the more open ocean way. (i.e.: not Reid Passage). It was mostly OK until we got around and just at the entrance to Seaforth we ended up taking the swells on the beam. The Bella meter got up to around a 2.5 or 3, and so we sped up and zagged for a bit and then it was fine. Pulled into Wigham Cove around 3:00pm and there was Eagles Gig!

We finished anchoring and were putting the dingy down when Potest Fieri came in as well and anchored. We told them to go take Lowla for a pump out and then to join us on Eagles Gig. It was over 90F in the cove and in the boat salon's, so the crew of EG was sweltering and a little cranky. It was even a little hot for me. Apparently it had been like this for several days, and so it was wearing them out.

We sat up on the flybridge to catch the breeze as it came through. Danny and Susan and Lowla joined us and we sat around and talked boat stuff for awhile and caught up. They left and then we had beers and continued to try and chill. We headed back to Spellbound and made a simple pasta dinner as no one wanted to cook. Byron and Sue came over and it was a quiet relatively early evening. After dinner as we were just chatting, Danny and Susan came over in their dingy. They had just taken Lowla for a pumpout and had seen a bear on shore and so went to watch it afterwards. They were able to get very close and the bear just stayed put and ignored them, even with Lowla barking at it! So the 4 of us hopped into our respective dingy's to go take a look. There was a young black bear munching on barnacles! We turned our motors off and just floated in front of him and you could hear his teeth grinding away on them and a VERY loud crunching sound. He even drank some sea water to wash them down. He would look at us for a bit, and then go back to eating barnacles and nosing around on the shore. We eventually got a little too close I think as he started moving further down the shore, so we left him be. Back to SB and dishes and a gorgeous evening.