Day 32 – June 11
Another sunny morning. We went for a dinghy ride, first over to El Capitan Lodge (in this bay). Wow, what a great place. Ladies, if your husband says he’s going to a remote fishing lodge in Alaska without any phones or ‘other fluff’, do not believe him! This place has 10 guest cabins, a large dinning room, separate building with a lounge, 6 fishing boats, a plane, complete massage services, and broadband internet and phone. It also has all the fish packing and shipping needs right here on site. One of the owners gave us a tour. It is simply beautiful. We asked how the fishing has been and were told that the temperature is 10 degrees colder than normal, therefore the Halibut have not started to come in yet.
Back to the dinghies and we traveled on to New Tokeen. There is nothing new about this place. No humans in sight, just one small dog that barked the entire time we were there. Explored the old buildings which used to house a store, repair facility, and fuel stop among other fishing needs but is all closed down now. Saw momma and baby seals on the rocks along with a lot more otters in the water. Headed back to the big boats with a shrimp and crab pot pulling side trip. No crab, but about 2 dozen shrimp. Dinner will include seafood tonight.
Pulled anchor about 1:15pm heading back toward the El Capitan Caves and see what we can see.
Tied to the dock at the El Capitan Caves and talked to the Forest Service workers. We’ll go on a cave tour tomorrow morning at 9:00 am. Took a short walk around the area. The guys went up to the entrance to the cave to check out the hike up the hill.
After dinner Chris and I went up and invited the Forest Service workers down to the boats for dessert. Chris had baked a cake. One of the ladies was there and came back to the boats with us, and left a note for her work partner Jess to come down to the boats. We ate cake and visited with Mod for a couple hours. Very interesting lady; originally from Gig Harbor. Seems like a lot of people in Alaska ‘used to live in Gig Harbor’, not sure what that says about the Harbor. Anyway she told us a lot about the area and the caves. Delightful evening.
Another sunny morning. We went for a dinghy ride, first over to El Capitan Lodge (in this bay). Wow, what a great place. Ladies, if your husband says he’s going to a remote fishing lodge in Alaska without any phones or ‘other fluff’, do not believe him! This place has 10 guest cabins, a large dinning room, separate building with a lounge, 6 fishing boats, a plane, complete massage services, and broadband internet and phone. It also has all the fish packing and shipping needs right here on site. One of the owners gave us a tour. It is simply beautiful. We asked how the fishing has been and were told that the temperature is 10 degrees colder than normal, therefore the Halibut have not started to come in yet.
Back to the dinghies and we traveled on to New Tokeen. There is nothing new about this place. No humans in sight, just one small dog that barked the entire time we were there. Explored the old buildings which used to house a store, repair facility, and fuel stop among other fishing needs but is all closed down now. Saw momma and baby seals on the rocks along with a lot more otters in the water. Headed back to the big boats with a shrimp and crab pot pulling side trip. No crab, but about 2 dozen shrimp. Dinner will include seafood tonight.
Pulled anchor about 1:15pm heading back toward the El Capitan Caves and see what we can see.
Tied to the dock at the El Capitan Caves and talked to the Forest Service workers. We’ll go on a cave tour tomorrow morning at 9:00 am. Took a short walk around the area. The guys went up to the entrance to the cave to check out the hike up the hill.
After dinner Chris and I went up and invited the Forest Service workers down to the boats for dessert. Chris had baked a cake. One of the ladies was there and came back to the boats with us, and left a note for her work partner Jess to come down to the boats. We ate cake and visited with Mod for a couple hours. Very interesting lady; originally from Gig Harbor. Seems like a lot of people in Alaska ‘used to live in Gig Harbor’, not sure what that says about the Harbor. Anyway she told us a lot about the area and the caves. Delightful evening.
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