Beyond Desolation

June 19 2008

Hugo and I were up before 6 am but he wouldn’t cooperate by ‘doing his business’ on the bow, the swimgrid or the puppy pad. I kept encouraging him and knew he’d have to do it sooner or later (which was my PLAN) but when Kent got up around 8 he took poor little Hugo ashore in the dinghy. He’s such a good Grandpa and he loves Hugo! So now Hugo knows to hold it until he goes ashore, which is great as long as Kent continues. I will take him, but not if I have to lower the dinghy with the crane…

We left Squirrel Cove, heading northward in the drizzle. The water was calm and Kent and Rick had timed our departure with slack tide in the Yuclatas Rapids. As you will see in my video, they timed it perfectly to be a ‘non-event’!

Forward Harbour is not far from where we anchored for the night. We were protected from the wind and spent a lovely afternoon in a bay full of flipping herring and seals.

Rick and I went fishing in his dinghy, but only caught 1 rockcod - enough for crab bait. We both wore windproof, rain resistant jackets and spent a good 2 hours, drifting amongst the kelp beds waiting for the ‘big one’. Back on the boats, Hugo napped, Kent read and Paulette made dinner and sewed while we were gone. I made nachos when we returned and Paulette had ham dinner with scalloped potatoes ready.

‘Harmony’, one of Trevor’s North Pacific Yachts found us during the evening and tied alonside. I was feeling lousy and went to bed immediately after dinner so didn’t even meet the couple. They are heading north as well, so I’m sure we’ll run into them again, and I’ll be much more hospitable!

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