Day 85, 7/23: It was a long days ride to Walker Cove, nearly 60 miles. The water was calm but not much wildlife and Behm Canal is wide and deep. We got into the Walker Cove and it does have stunning views of shear rock faces. We got anchored for the night very easily. The guide books state how hard it is to anchor in most of the Misty Fjord sites.

Day 86, 7/24: Once we were going, we explored the rest of Walker Cover. The day started out foggy but quickly cleared to bright blue skies. The views were beautiful and we didn’t see another boat. When done seeing the entire Cove we went to Rudyerd Bay to explore. Rudyerd Bay is the more commercial spot for Misty Fjord  tours as we soon learned. The bay is T shaped so we traveled up the bay and once we got to the intersection of the T what appears but a mid-sized cruise ship. They were just getting dinghies and kayaks offloaded for the guests to do some touring. We passed them by on the way to the end and here is another ship. We got past them to enter the narrow opening at the end of the arm. We got our views and pictures and proceeded to the other arm. The other arm was short not taking much time to view so we headed back down the bay to Punchbowl Cove near the entrance to Rudyerd Bay. Anchoring was good and we only had a sailboat for neighbors.

Day 87, 7/25: Got up to the sight of a cruise ship entering Punchbowl Cove. It looked like they had the same routine with letting guests off into kayaks and dinghies to explore. We headed to Smeaton Bay the third Bay for Misty Fjord . We travelled up the bay most of the way and it wasn’t very stunning so we turned around in search of an anchorage. We discounted the first couple anchorages based on the book descriptions, tried another that was too shallow. We made the hard decision to proceed to Foggy Bay through 3-5’ waves due to the south wind against us. The boat got a thorough saltwater bath a couple hundred times. We finally got anchored at about 6 PM in the inner bay with three other boats.

Day 88, 7/26: Staying put for the day. The plan has been to cross Dixon entrance on Thursday due to the less wind and more from the northwest. We also were able to get a reservation in Prince Rupert for the 27^th and 28^th. Our 3 anchorage neighbors left before 7:30 presumably to cross Dixon today. Spent the day doing chores like making water to use the water maker weekly and get some of the salt off the boat. By the end of the day we had 3 new neighbors, one of them we tied up next to in Hoonah the day before we went into Glacier Bay.

Day 89, 7/27: On our way at 5:45 at little for but not to bad. Water was calm with maybe a 2’ lazy swell and it got better as the day went on. We made the entire crossing without any spray hitting the windows in front. We got to the Prince Rupert Yacht Club (our first yacht club stay) and our slip wasn’t available. The resident was leaving at 3 PM and it was 1PM (we lost an hour with the time change back to pacific time). We tied up to the breakwater until a slip was available. Busiest most hectic marina I have seen. Picture, Walmart opening for black Friday hectic. Next to the marina is the fuel dock, the only fuel dock on the north coast. It can handle 5-6 50’ fishing boats with that many or more waiting for an open spot. Busy, busy, busy.

Day 90, 7/28: It’s my brides’ birthday! We will be in Prince Rupert today doing a little shopping and hopefully a nice dinner to celebrate this evening. The fuel dock has been stacked up with boats there before 7 (they open at 8). The fog rolled in last night and has been heavy since, the sun is starting to break through near 10:30.

In Punchbowl Cove

New Eddystone Rock

Yacht at Prince Rupert

Different version of dinghy