August 27 & 28 - Grace Harbour

Just a few of the 25 boats in Grace Harbour

Oceanaire leaving us to go home

River up Lancelot Inlet

To our recollection, we have not seen it rain this hard in Desolation Sound for many many years. The wind is blowing 20 knots and a good many of the 25 boats anchored in here must be waiting out the winds. There was jockeying for position last night in the wind, but for the most part, the anchors held.

It was a sad sight for us to see Oceanaire leave this morning bringing to an end, "The Crazy Canadian Trio Floatila". With the last member of our small "Alaska Bound" Floatilla gone, we are back to where we started, in Desolation Sound (only with a brand new Anchor Winch).

We are reflective over all we have done and seen in the past 5 months, up and down our beautiful coast with Dave & Penny and Wayne & Cathy. We were a good fit as travelling companions and have had some very good side splitting laughs and adventures up and down our coast, not to mention the rousing card games! We have seen places and things that will be taken back by nature (sooner than later) and were lucky enough to venture into Whale back yards and Grizzley Summer homes. Mother Nature has treated us well with very few storms and some great summer weather. She allowed us a few salmon, crabs, prawns and the epicurean delights we enjoyed were 5 Star! We have started a list of all the places we wanted to do but ran out of time and these place and events will be saved for our next "Great Adventure North".

Mike and I are having a hard time even thinking about the reality of assimilating ourselves back into "Real Life" but sooner or later, the reality of Big City life will come back into focus.

I will continue to report on our trip home as we have another week out before we head back under Lions Gate Bridge, so stay tuned. I will be entering in side trips into this blog that covers areas we have visited on previous trips but did not do this time, so in time, this blog will become a complete accounting of our meanderings up coast BC and Alaska. There are charts to be entered, mileage logs and yes...even meals enjoyed along the way!