Day 46; June 14: Last night there were two boats that came up to the falls and fished for a short time and then took off. I assumed they caught fish with all the fish we’ve watched jumping. I also assumed there would be several boats coming in since it is Saturday. Surprise, surprise I was wrong again. We saw less boats today than yesterday. Wildlife was somewhere else the jumping sockeyes and jellyfish were the main attraction.

Day 47; June 15: We moved to Leesoffskaia Bay at a leisurely pace this morning. The ride was short about 6 miles, weaving our way through the rocks and low spots that cover the charts for the area. If you drove by what you can see it would be a very dangerous place. Fortunately, we have charts that have most of the rocks and low spots mapped out, knock on wood.

Day 48; June 16: This is a nice well protected bay that is close to town for a quite get away. We used the day to do some cleaning and picking up. This morning, we had another boat anchor up. Later in the day he came over in his dinghy to introduce himself and then later we had happy hour together. We all had a good time introducing ourselves and telling stories.

Day 49; June 17: After discussing our plan with Jay last night we decided to stay put today. The bay we were going to go to was next door and more wide open than where we are. The only down side to this bay is that we haven’t seen any bears. The reviews we read said, bear sightings highly likely during summer. I guess we were a few days too early. We had another enjoyable happy hour this evening with Jay.

DAY 50; June 18: We did the slow roll this morning getting ready to go back to Sitka. We started to pull the anchor about 10 AM for the 6-mile journey back to town. As we were exiting the inlet we could see fishing boats ahead. There were gillnets in front of us that we couldn’t see until we were close. The fishing boat standing watch raced to get in front of us to ensure we turned. The water chop was big enough that the string of white floats was damn near invisible until we were very close. We made the big detour to go around the net. Then another net and another boat to go around before we were in clear water headed for town. Shortly after getting in our slip we ran to the grocery store and got back before fog and rain moved in.