Civilization

We are currently in Heriot Bay Marina for the night.

 We are docked near the BC Ferry so we feel the wake of the ferry coming and going.

 Luckily the ferry only runs till 5:00 PM. We picked up a few things at the local grocery store and had a nice dinner at the Pub.
 There is free Internet access on the dock so we are catching up on e-mail, blogs and paying a few bills online.

Max and Me

Max and I went for a really long kayak ride today while Chris did some painting on the back deck.


 He wanted Max away from the wet paint for a few hours so we kayaked to five or six different islands.

We were gone for about three hours.

 It was fun but we are both tired.

 The wind came up on the way back and it was quite a paddle getting back to the boat.

Pizza night on Steel Tiger

August 26th-Tonight we were invited to a Pizza party on Steel Tiger along with the crew from El Capitan. It was a lot of fun and the, hand-made pizzas were delicious! It’s hard to believe, but we were all ready for a meal that did not include seafood! Actually, we had meat loaf on Sea Mist the night before and considered that a treat!

August 27th- It rained during the night but seems to be clearing this morning. The plan is to do some kayaking today.

Yesterday at low tide we found a great beach tucked away between two islets.
 The water was warm and we found lots of neat shells. Chris even found some sand dollars.

 There was a shed nearby, similar to the one on Wallace Island, where boaters design and hang mementos with their boat name and date.

This one was easier to get to and better maintained than the one on Wallace.

Friends from Oly

As we were coming back to the boat from our hike we saw Snow Hawk II from Olympia cruising into the Bay. We had not been able to connect with Dennis and Glenda since leaving Olympia. Once they dropped anchor and got settled they zipped over to Sea Mist in their tender with a nice bottle of Merlot. We had a good visit while Max and Sockeye

Busy day

August 25th- Today Chris went out fishing with Stephan, from It’s a Good Thing.

 They took Stephan’s fishing boat/tender out to the rapids at the end of Hole in the Wall and were back in less than an hour with two lovely Lingcod.

 Chris was all smiles.

Linda, Stephan, Chris , Max, Uboo and I went for an afternoon hike up to Newton Lake. It was a steep, three mile trail to the lake and back but it was beautiful and well worth the effort.

 The water was crystal clear and according to Stephan, not too cold. He was the only one brave enough to go for a swim. Uboo would have loved to have joined him but had health issues that prevented him from being in the water other than to wade and cool off.

laundry island style

August 23th -Today was a day to catch up on chores. I did several loads of laundry with Max’s help. You can see how exciting that was. Chores on the boat are not that much different than chores at anyone’s home. I would however have to argue that the view from my “laundry room” would be hard for anyone to beat.

 Chris and I took turns in the galley today. I baked bread and then he canned salmon.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

After chores we took the dinghy ashore to do some beach combing and hiking around on the different islands.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 We came across several streams and Chris spotted this rather large frog.

Octopus Islands

Monday we got underway pretty early to hit the rapids at Dent near slack and then make it to Hole In The Wall by slack. We arrived in the Octopus Islands around dinner time and found a nice anchorage.