June 16, 2017

Slack in the narrows was at 6:30 and would take us just over half and hour to get there, so it was up at 5:30-ish to leave on time. The narrows was a none event and we continued chugging up Grenville channel against the current for awhile, and then with it once we got out into more open water. It was a little choppy and a little windy, but not bad. We arrived in the "new" Cow Bay Marina somewhere around 11:30. It was not as protected as we thought it would be any so anyone in the harbor who did not obey the "no wake" area could rock the boats. It was also quite breezy, but also nice and sunny which was a welcome change from the pouring rain.

We checked the weather report of course upon arriving. Although we had made reservations for 2 nights here, the conditions for crossing Dixon Entrance tomorrow look spectacular, and then very much less than that the following few days. We pretty much decide to "make hay while the sun shines" and cut our time here short by a day, and cross tomorrow.

We went for a walk down to the Walmart to buy a few supplies. Poor Bella needs her nails clipped so we needed to by some dog nail clippers so we can do it ourselves. A little harder to find dog groomers up here, and it's just something we forgot to buy. Also, Greg managed to put holes in the knee's of all his jeans and so he ended up buying new jeans at Mark's Work Wearhouse! Ahh, the luxury of cities we do miss sometimes.

Back towards the marina area looking for a late lunch, we ended up at "Cowpaccinno's". Really good coffee and really good panini's and Bella got a "pawscotti" biscuit. All is good in the world.

Back to the boat where we put stuff away, and then notice a large familiar boat arrive and tie up on the breakwater dock. It was Stella Maris with John and Judy who we met in Port Harvey. We deposited our recycling and then stopped by to say Hi on our way to the grocery store. It was great to catch up and they also were planning on going to the famous "Cow Bay Cafe" for dinner, we made reservations for the 4 us. We picked up some ice and some pre-made food for the trip tomorrow.

Back to the boat for some more maintenance, clean the sea strainers, and some downtime. We met John and Judy at the restaurant at 7:00 and had just a wonderful evening and conversation. They have done the trip up around 9 times and so it was good to get some "local knowledge" about going into Ketchikan and just general Alaskan stuff.