Green Bay, Nelson Island
Happy Mother’s Day! David served me breakfast in bed this
morning. Actually, any morning we do not have to shove off early, I get the
same royal treatment. It is good to be Admiral!
Before leaving Blind Bay we
checked on our crab pots. The two with the chicken were (sigh) empty. The last one with the beef had captured one
undersized female. She got thrown back on two counts. Sadly, there were no takers for our crab
“Midnight Buffet”. I have to admit that
I was pouting on our way back to the mother ship. We need to try our prawn bait
next time to see if it will make a difference. Unfortunately, we don’t have any
fish heads to use which would be best, I think.
Maybe next time!
Our trip to Green Bay today
on the other side of Nelson Island took under two hours. There were lots of fishing boats out this
morning. These smaller boats will just drift while they cast their lines or
nets. It is difficult to determine which way they are going to coast or turn.
We really had to work hard to maneuver around one oblivious fisherman.
We have been to Green Bay
before and love how private, sheltered and cozy it is. We were hoping for light
winds so that we could take the kayak out since we didn’t have the opportunity
yesterday. It’s now noon and still too
choppy to try it out. This will be our “maiden voyage” so want every advantage.
We have had three extremely
tenacious spiders on the outside of our wheelhouse windows. While cruising getting
direct blasts of wind, they skillfully and with true grit, constructed their
webs just as nature intended. Our boat seems to be a spider magnet. Whenever we
return after being gone for months at a time, there are spiders everywhere with
strings of webbing stretching across our decks like swinging bridges.
This seems the perfect spot
for baking. David has just thrown together some bread dough to rise, and I
tried my hand at banana muffins. It is difficult to determine just how long
they need to bake with our diesel oven. It is definitely a challenge. Ideal for
slow cooking roasts, etc while cruising, but I have had little luck with
baking. We’ll soon see.
Conditions did not improve
much but we decided to “just do it”. We
were so glad that we picked a spot where no one would see us attempting to use
our kayak for the first time! We were so
excited that we really didn’t think everything through like we should have. For
one thing, we should have attached the boat ladder to the side to help us get
in and out (we rarely use it since we don’t need it for the skiff, so did not
think about it). We should have had a forward and back tie secured to the boat
not just a front tie. All these errors aside, we still awkwardly made it into
the kayak and cruised around the bay without tipping it over or whacking one
another with our paddles.
the line.
I hung on trying to steady the kayak while David stood up on his seat
and set us free. Had a few giggles over that one.
That first step is a doozie!
We were having a fun time
when we spotted a sailboat entering the bay. We both had the same thought, “No
way are they going to see us get out of this thing!” We cut our time short and glided over to the
side of the boat. Our dismount, although not the least bit graceful, was
accomplished.
It’s a good thing we were
right there as the sailboat motored past us because David shouted out to the
two men standing at the bow, “You know about the rocks don’t you? Stay wide on
starboard”. The treacherous rocks were
now concealed by the tide and it was obvious that they did not see them nor did
they know they existed…they were heading slowly toward them. They made an about
face and anchored on our side of the rocks…good decision.
It has been an eventful day
with our first awkward yet successful kayak adventure, four bald eagle
sightings, saving a fellow boater from a rocky disaster, and after 1 ½ hours in
the oven, warm yummy banana muffins!
Clearly Sig Hansen has nothing to worry about from you guys - gess we won't be seeing you on next seasons Deadliest Catch :)
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