Day 17; May 15: Got out of the anchorage about 7:00 AM and headed to Klewnuggit Inlet. This is our first really gray day so far. It has rained all but an hour, not heavy, just enough to keep everything wet. The only whale we have seen so far was while we were getting over the Columbia Bar. The weather on the ocean is again blowing hard with gale force winds today. On the inside I didn’t see anything above 10kts, just the way I like it.

Day 18; May 16: Good anchorage very calm. We got going about 8:30 AM so that we wouldn’t arrive in Prince Rupert too early. Most marinas and yacht clubs have check-in and check-out times just like hotels. Water was calm but skies were gray and rainy all day. We were surprised to see a cruise ship in town. After getting settled we went to a few shops and stopped at the pub next to the marina. We talked to two guys that work on the docks. I questioned why Prince Rupert always has so much container business. The response was that docking here and getting loaded on a train they could get the containers to Chicago 2 days sooner than if the boat had to go to a US port.

Day 19; May17: Up at 4:30 AM to check the weather and get an early start across Dixon entrance. All looked good. The water started off a little bumpy then it got better until we got past Dundas Island and the ocean swells were evident. It was bumpy but not bad. As we neared our planned anchorage (Foggy Bay) we decided to go the extra 35 miles to Ketchikan.  We cleared into the US using the ROAM app that CBP has. They can do a video interview if they wish or in our case, they just sent a note that we were cleared. Got into Ketchikan and got a slip assigned so we went to it and it was already occupied. A quick radio call got us another slip very quickly.

Day 20; May 18: Weather Underground showed dry all daylight hours but when we went downtown along with 4 cruise ships worth of people it rained on us. The rest of the day has been dry. Did some chores and went to Safeway to stock-up on groceries.

Note: Young eagles are brownish with white speckles before they get their white head and tail feathers as adults.

Many young eagles. They tend to blend into the rocks.