Sunday, May 27th
OUR 40TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY!
Echo Bay to Blunden Harbour
It was another 5 am departure. Decided to walk the boat back
to the end of the dock before maneuvering out of the slip. Worked perfectly. We
headed to Queen Charlotte Strait through Fife Sound with the ebb tide nudging
us along at 8.2 kts. This is the first day we will be entering areas we have
never explored. Our adventure truly begins today!
As we passed the wooded hillsides, we couldn’t help but
notice that the trees along the shore looked like someone took giant hedge
trimmers and clipped all the branches leaving a sharp straight bottom edge on
every tree. Those branches are doing all they can to avoid the sea water.
The Southeast winds and current on the Queen Charlotte Strait
pushed our speed to 9.8 kts. We glided past mountains, skies, and water several
shades of gray. Just before entering the Strait, David caught site of two
dolphins surfing our bow wake. I attempted photographing the action but stopped
just to delight in their presence.
After two early mornings, I was grumpy. My mini meltdown came early when I started yelling
at the radio because I could not get it to scan channels (I thought I had
figured it out days ago). David
suggested I take a rest in our stateroom. What happen to our marriage vow of,
“For better or worse?”
Lucky for David,
I returned from my 20 minutes of reflection all the better. Sleep deprivation
does not look good on me. Calmer, I finally got the radio to scan.
Arriving in Blunden took a careful navigation through rocks
and past small islands, but we found a lovely bay to anchor in and dropped our
crab pots. David served me anniversary French toast and eggs this morning. We
are hoping for an anniversary crab dinner.
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