Claydon Bay

                     The rose is still blooming, the crabs are still  trapping and the butter is still melting

CLAYDON BAY

We were comfy in Napier Bay but decided to take a short 1 hour 20 minute  hop over to Claydon Bay and anchor for the night. It’s another beautiful anchorage surrounded by mountains of trees. We had great protection and once again, had the entire area to ourselves.

The first thing David always wants to do is to drop our crab traps so we did that as well as trying out our prawn trap for the second time. It has to be dropped in depths of 200 to 300 feet so had to venture quite a distance from where we anchored. We will pick it up with the big boat tomorrow on our way out since it will be quite heavy to lift with the zinc weight we placed inside it (and of course, all the prawns).

 

   

                                      Dropping the prawn trap

It was a drizzly day and other than our dinghy tour of the area, we stayed inside and relaxed and played games. This morning, I woke up to actual rain showers…wahoo…do we need rain! There are over 190 fires burning in BC right now and the water restrictions in some areas are quite severe compared to ours back home. It is nearly 11:00 and it is still raining…BC could use a solid week of it, for sure.

 

                                                  Morning glory

                       Remnants of an old logging camp's trestle-mounted roadway

                                      The storm is heading our way

We are off to Sullivan Bay Marina today. It is only about an hour away. It has been fun exploring the many bays and sounds in this area. I am trying to take notes on how good the anchoring is in each spot, and of course, the big question is…what’s the crabbing like?  Priorities