June 15 – Bishop Bay Hot Springs to Europa Bay Hot Springs

We raced up Graham Reach in the afternoon, turned right at Wright Sound (BC Ferry Sinking) and headed for Bishop Bay for a relaxing soak in the hot springs. It is not immediately busy when we arrive and there is ample room for us to drop the anchor and stern into the dock, except the 40’ Mainship already on the dock refuses to move up 5 feet so that Dave can tie to one side and Wayne to our other side. Oh well…..what goes around, comes around. The three sailboats we passed in Graham Reach also enter into the bay and one of them side ties to us, a 26’ boat out of Kitimat side ties to a boat behind us on the dock….it’s a Hot Springs Party in the making! There are now 8 boats tied in one form or another on the dock that is built for 2 boats, with 2 more boats anchored in the bay. We meet six young men out on a fishing trip (from Kitimat) and they are in a party mood. I guess the Mainship had a long night with the men laughing and their generator purring long into the night.
The hot springs are nice, but crowded!
The hot Springs are covered in with a soaking pool outside, so no view unless you sit in the outside pool (which is much cooler) – picture the inside of the Hot Springs with signatures from other boaters that have visited – a guest book of sorts. We see a signature from fellow Deep Cove yacht Club members, “Trivial Pursuit & Dorado” from May 30/08. Not to be outdone, Dave is up early the next day, he finds a piece of driftwood and carves and stencils, all of our names and boat names and screws the board to the inside of the hot spring building. So for those of you lucky enough to make it to these hot springs…look up, way up and you will see the fish stenciled sign with our names on it.