Tuesday September 5, 2017

Slack wasn't until just after 11:00am this morning so we all thought it would be prudent to wait until then before leaving. Otherwise, you just end up in front of the marina going nowhere, or worse backwards, because the current is stronger than your boat speed as you wait for your engines to warm up. It was quite warm this morning and pretty much nothing wind wise which was nice.

Greg went up and did a load of laundry early in the morning so that we had clean undies and socks for the next couple of days. You know, just in case there is a problem later and we can do laundry There was some hanging out on the boat and some drama trying to get the WiFi to work this morning (it didn't). What can you do. We went up to pay our tab, and was reminded of how expensive Blind Channel really is. Woah. Amazing how much money you can spend in less than 24 hours.

The trip around Cordero Channel was lovely and uneventful. We had a tug and log tow initially, but not much other traffic. We went into the traditional harbour but it had 3 boats inside already, so we went down to Piddell Bay instead. Not a breath of wind and it was pretty humid and warm, but not sunny. The overcast and grey was a little depressing. Interestingly, we went in the furthest and had no issues anchoring, but EG was further out and ran into a bunch of rocks and had to re-try a few times in order to find good holding.

Greg went out into the channel and did a little fishing and no catching. I hung out on the boat enjoying the warmth, and then Byron mentioned that they had 3 bars of Telus on their boat. So I took my laptop and iPad over to try and get some internet to do some work stuff, but no joy. Greg showed up and we listed to the radio call, and then went out for a dingy ride around. Managed to watch a little mink do this long trek along the rocky shore along the mink highway. He would sometimes stop on a rock and take a look at us asking "do *you* have a treat?", and then when none was forthcoming, would just continue along.

BBQ chicken for dinner on Spellbound. My it's really dark after dinner.