More Jumping for Joy
No shortage of humpbacks
Turtle Dove?
Still standing - Namu Restaurant
We used to get shrimp in cans
Soon she will be gone!
In the morning we decide to take Burke Channel all the way around to Namu. WE have never taken this route before and it is the same distance back to Namu whether we came down Burke Channel or whether we go back the same way we came. There are so many twists and turns in this channel and a new type of climate around every bend. We see humpbacks and numerous pacific whitesided dolphins. They are the most playful of the three types of dolphins we have seen on this trip. They love it when I whistle and the dog starts barking. While playing in our bow wake, they like to turn on their sides and look up at you! We went through rip tides, strong winds and flat calm parts of the channel. Every bend was a new surprise! We are greeted on the dock by Renee and Pete and have pleasant evening around the fire and have a great dinner on the dock.
I borrowed Renee's book on Namu and had a good read about what was in this once thriving little community of fish processing. There are still items in the store (for looking at) and there are still pallets of tin cans for canning shrimp for restaurants. Again, mother nature has taken more of the structures with here into the ocean and the board walks (where there is wood) are now showing signs of rot and are closed off. The houses on land are full of mold from the dampness and there is more equipment molding itself into the earth than you can shake a stick at. Its been a gradual decline and we have seen many changes in the 15 years we have been coming up coast. It was good to have Namu in much better days. Renee has done a great job in sprucing up the place with birdhouses and plants and gardens but the inevitable is soon to come. The birds love it here and they must really love the birdseeds Renee puts out. She has two different types of swallows nesting and lots of hummingbirds and a flock of Turtle Doves that never did leave. We awake in the morning to the gentle cooing of these cute little birds.
Off to Spider Islands for some fishing in the morning!
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