Thursday August 24, 2017

Not too much going on in the morning. The marina WiFi was still working pretty well, but they still had the ability to *send* email turned off (using a true email application). So we grabbed all of our devices and headed up to the cell phone amps by the store to try and get a signal. It was weird, but we had 3 bars of Telus and 3 bars of Rogers, but still no joy - no connection to the internet. We all ended up in the store to buy a few more supplies and to checkout, and to chat with Tove. Sparky was checking out as well.

Back to Spellbound where we began to get ready, and Greg tried to answer 1 more support request. We headed out and made the short trip up to Viner Sound. Neither SB nor EG have been in here before, so it was a good day to check it out at least. We knew from talking to Rob and Sharon the night before that they had stayed here on the mooring balls more than once and had enjoyed it. There was 1 boat anchored in the middle of the sound when we came in. As we looked over to the south side "nook", the mooring ball was floating on it's side which didn't seem like a good sign. EG went into the north side "nook" first and took a look at the innermost ball and it seemed OK, really just an orange float with a hook on the top. We grabbed the outer one which was white with a hook. There were no markings on them at all. Being the dare devils that we are (!) we decided to try them out.

We all had some lunch and coffee etc and settled in. It turns out there was a small Telus signal here surprisingly, and so we were able to clear out some more email, but it wasn't a strong signal. Then we all went out for a dingy ride to explore the area.



There is a forest service campground with a picnic table and fire pit (and pit toilet?) just near where we were tied up. It's on a little island at high tide. Back at the end of the north nook, there is a small lagoon area with a reversing falls entrance. It was already too low for us to go in. We cruised around to the end of the sound and into the other nook. There were signs of old logging activity, but no signs of any animal life in or out of the water. This sound has in the past been the site of many land and water creatures for other folks.

Back to the boats. EG said they had a good strong signal with their cell phone amp, so we grabbed our devices and computers again and brought them over to EG. We put our iPad on their amp and were able to get a semi-decent signal so that I could upload the blog. I haven't wanted to "waste" the marina satellite WiFi on the data intensive Blog, but I'm perfectly happy to use up our own data. We sat and listened to the Ham Boaters Net and it only took 3 tries but I was able to get the Blog updated!

Dinner on SB tonight. We made BBQ salmon and asparagus and some fancy rice. And fresh baked chocolate chip cookies. Greg did a great job It was a lovely calm evening, but still no sign of bears.