Day 21 - Meyers Chuck to Zomovia Cove
21.06.17 // Categories: Alaska 2017
June 21, 2017
We were able to sleep in, relatively speaking. It rained last night and was sprinkling this morning. Through the magic of the internet, Greg received a text from his cousin who lives in Red Deer. She was on a cruise ship in Juneau and found out that we were in Alaska. After a couple of text's back and forth, we found out that she was on one of the cruise ships that was in town on the day we left Ketchikan! If only we had known!
We left around 9:00 and headed around the corner down Ernest Sound. It was a bit lumpy right outside Meyers Chuck and going around the corner, but not too bad. Down the sound about an hour, it flattened right out into smooth sailing. We had arrange to meet Ken&Kim in Zomovia Cove for the evening, so we took the scenic route around Deer Island and checked out Santa Anna Inlet. It was like glass through the Seward Passage area, and we even saw some canoeists paddling around. When we came back on the topside of Deer Island though, Ernest Sound had already got a little choppy. The "Sounds" and "Straights" up here are so big and long that they are easily affected by wind over tide. Once on the other side, it was calm again.
Ken and Kim on their 42' Africat Power Catamaran, Reiki Master, were already in the cove when we arrived, and they invited us over for lunch. So we anchored Spellbound around the corner and dropped the dingy to head over. We brought cookies and Kim served a great lentil soup. They have a childhood friend of Kim's visiting with them, Emily. So we chatted and caught up and then Kim and Emily did some fishing of the back of the boat while Greg and Ken messed with the generator which wasn't starting. The two of them got it working and we enjoyed some warm sunshine on the back of the boat. Kim caught a small flounder and Emily caught a couple of crabs! (not legal).
We came back to Spellbound to make sure everything was in order and Greg put out a crab trap. We cooked up the rest of our prawns to bring back over to Reiki Master for an appetizer. Kim served up some "yellow eye" fish tacos for dinner which was lovely. Back to Spellbound for a quiet night.
We were able to sleep in, relatively speaking. It rained last night and was sprinkling this morning. Through the magic of the internet, Greg received a text from his cousin who lives in Red Deer. She was on a cruise ship in Juneau and found out that we were in Alaska. After a couple of text's back and forth, we found out that she was on one of the cruise ships that was in town on the day we left Ketchikan! If only we had known!
We left around 9:00 and headed around the corner down Ernest Sound. It was a bit lumpy right outside Meyers Chuck and going around the corner, but not too bad. Down the sound about an hour, it flattened right out into smooth sailing. We had arrange to meet Ken&Kim in Zomovia Cove for the evening, so we took the scenic route around Deer Island and checked out Santa Anna Inlet. It was like glass through the Seward Passage area, and we even saw some canoeists paddling around. When we came back on the topside of Deer Island though, Ernest Sound had already got a little choppy. The "Sounds" and "Straights" up here are so big and long that they are easily affected by wind over tide. Once on the other side, it was calm again.
Ken and Kim on their 42' Africat Power Catamaran, Reiki Master, were already in the cove when we arrived, and they invited us over for lunch. So we anchored Spellbound around the corner and dropped the dingy to head over. We brought cookies and Kim served a great lentil soup. They have a childhood friend of Kim's visiting with them, Emily. So we chatted and caught up and then Kim and Emily did some fishing of the back of the boat while Greg and Ken messed with the generator which wasn't starting. The two of them got it working and we enjoyed some warm sunshine on the back of the boat. Kim caught a small flounder and Emily caught a couple of crabs! (not legal).
We came back to Spellbound to make sure everything was in order and Greg put out a crab trap. We cooked up the rest of our prawns to bring back over to Reiki Master for an appetizer. Kim served up some "yellow eye" fish tacos for dinner which was lovely. Back to Spellbound for a quiet night.