Cruising the Westcoast - Vancouver to Alaska: July 18

Tuesday, July 17, 2018

July 18 - Tracy Arm or thereabouts

Off early this morning to the other side of Queen Charlotte Sound. The ocean is flat calm, there is a bit of fog, but nothing to worry about. We have not heard from the rest of the group and hope they made it safely back down.

Lo and Behold - this morning as we are raising anchors etc.and getting ready to leave, there is a very large Sea Otter in our bay.....must have drifted in last night sometime. We also notice some of that yucky algae bloom that we saw up north. No clamming this trip!

We continue to watch AIS for Sea Raven and see that they have moved from Fognar to Hakai. Hope they caught some halibut!

View at Dinner time from Hidey Hole

Nice Moon over our wee anchorage

Note the foreground - similar sludge outside Hidey Hole
that we saw near Banks Island

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Profiles of who we are

"Shaman II" is a 48' 1973 fiberglass "Gulf Commander". Twin Caterpillar 3116. 500 gal Fuel (Gulp!) and 500 gal fresh water. We have owned her for 20 years and we are the second owner. We are self sufficent cruising machine with all the trappings of home. Mike and I are just over 60 and every chance we get, we "Live the Dream". We have one fabulous son who is the proud owner of his own boat, "Eye Candy"....aptly named after his sweetie, Shannon! Three of the sweetest Grandchildren you could have....Mr. Keaton and Coco (Cohen aka the Pope), and baby Harrison (Prince Harry).

Our first Mate is Miz Ruby the scaredy dog and our Commander in Chief is Mr. George, the wandering cat.

Mike and I have spent our summers for the last 45 years scouring the coast to see all that we can see in every nook and cranny our boat will fit into. The earlier years were spent as any normal boating family would, bringing the kids to desolation sound for 2 weeks of swimming! These days, we spend most of our time mid coast. Three trips to Alaska under our belt and 20 plus years hanging out in the Central to North Coast.