Day 74 – July 23
We anchored in Captain Cove last night. This is a big bay which is fairly protected. Several streams merge to make a creek at the head of the bay where there is a fairly large grassy meadow area (river delta) which looks like a prime place to see bear or other critters. We took a dinghy ride up the creek but it got too shallow very quickly, so we went out and explored the other side of the bay. It was a sunny warm evening so we had dinner on the back deck of Magic. It’s been a while since we’ve been able to comfortably have dinner fully outside. It is definitely feeling more like summer.
This morning we got up to sunshine and warm weather. After a leisurely morning we pulled anchor. Tom did a bit of fishing and caught another trout which he and Sherm ate for breakfast; 30 minutes from swimming to being swallowed. The guys pulled the pots and todays take included 0 for 2 shrimp, and 10-12 crab in each pot of which there were 5 keepers in each pot. I’ll be crab with cocktails tonight.
About 3:00 pm we attempted to find a place to anchor in the entrance to Markle Inlet for some adventurer play time. This place winds around with several off shooting inlets. Fairly strong current in the main channel and submerged several rocks. The mission was aborted do to not finding a good place to anchor. Oh well, off to the next spot.
Our next stop at 6:30 pm was in Monckton Inlet another narrow entrance. It seems like Glen likes these narrow entrances. We went through a couple narrow places and ended up in a fairly good sized cove with plenty of water for a nice anchorage. Magic’s anchor was set and Tom tied alongside. The sun was still out but there was a bit of a nip to the breeze.
Almost immediately the crab cookers came out and catch of the day were cooked. It’s fresh crab and salads for dinner in the sunshine on Magic. It doesn’t get much better than this.
After dinner we went for our dinghy adventure, out of our little bay and down the way a bit, then back into another bay or two. Found another narrow spot with shallow water, of course went in; yep a small waterfall formed by the lowering tide and rocks. To shore we went to look over the top of the rocks and into the lagoon. The tide was lowering quickly so this excursion had to be fast. Back to the dinghies just in time to make it back out the narrow passage. Okay this did take a bit of maneuvering and the aid of a paddle (motors up and off) to get over and around the barely submerged rocks. But hey it was an adventure.
On to the next inlet and what did we find but …. Warm water! Yep warm water. Hum, where is it coming from? There must be a hot springs around here somewhere. We found the stream which fed water into this bay, of course it was full of rocks and water falling over these rocks. The water was warmer here.
There must be a hot springs or something up that stream somewhere. No time, to go ashore to investigate. Also it would be best to be carrying a gun as this is still bear country. Nearby in the inner bay there was a man made rock wall underwater crossing from one shore to the other. Possibly a fish trap? Who knows. There was just enough time to head back to the mother ship before dark, so back we went.
Sophie looking toward her Auntie and Uncle waiting for her cookie!
Oh and yes, they were underway and she did not have her life jacket on.
Hey Chris, where is your dog?
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