Day 112; Aug 19: Today was smoother than yesterday and not to long of a day. We got into Owen Bay and checked out the entire area before deciding where to anchor. There were many crab pots throughout the bay so that helped to make the anchor decision more difficult. I was surprised that by morning each one of the pots had been checked. The bay had homes all around the shore like lakes do.

Day 113; Aug 20: Today we needed to hit slack tide 2.5 miles away at 8:30. Our anchorage is only 0.5 miles past. The entry is a narrow one boat passage, we waited for 7-8 boats exiting, before we could enter. The place is Waiatt Bay and the Octopus Islands, it is a great place with many anchoring opportunities. You can stern tie in small coves or anchor in the big bay. There were 20+ boats in there and no one was close unless it was buddy boats anchored together.

Day 114; Aug 21: We left Waiatt Bay headed for Comox, we would have stayed longed but the forecast for the Strait of Georgia had Strong Wind Warning and we wanted to beat some of the wind. The wind didn’t happen and the water was calm all the way to Comox. We did have a rapid to go through which gave us a later start than normal.

Day 115; Aug 22: Today was a boring travel day. We started at 7 AM and we got anchored in Telegraph Harbour. We waited for 2 hours to get through Dodd Narrows so we anchored next to the narrows to eat lunch. The weather has gotten better this was our 3^rd day of summer.

Day 116; Aug 23: We made the push to get to Friday Harbor today. Once over the boarder we used the ROAM app to clear customs. After a few questions we were good to go. After getting to Friday Harbor we got our slip assigned, tied up and went to lunch. This was our first 80-degree day of our summer.

Day 117; Aug 24: We did some chores looked around a bit and went for drinks and dinner at a sports pub.

Day 118; Aug 25: We went to the grocery store, washed the boat a little and tried unsuccessfully to get a prescription filled.

Day 119; Aug 26: Today we got out of our slip at 8 AM and headed to Port Angeles to meet friends this afternoon. We filled up fuel once we got to Port Angeles, that should do us to get home. I hope!

Comox

Friday Harbor

 Day 107; Aug 14: The day started at 4:30 to check forecasts and weather buoys. All looked good, so we waited for enough light to see leaving the anchorage. We started moving about 5:50, shortly after we had a parade with several boats behind us. The crossing went smooth with the water being much better than the forecast and the measurement buoy reports. We changed our plan to go to Blunden Harbour and opted to go all the way to Port McNeill. We tried to get a spot in both marinas but no go. We ended up anchoring next to the marina in an unprotected anchorage so we could be close to the marina because we do have a reservation for tomorrow. That was a bad call, we had 3-4’ waves rolling into the anchorage all night with wind up to 45 mph.

Day 108; Aug 15: Friday morning the waves are still rolling in as we continue to be uncomfortable. About 10:00 I got a text asking if we still wanted our reservation in the marina. Yes and we would like to get into the marina as early as possible! The marina manager moved a boat to make room for us. Then we got the text to come in and where to tie up. Trying to get the anchor raised was a chore with the 3-4’ waves rolling into the anchorage. We got tied up, went to have lunch looked at a few shops and got back to the boat by 2PM for a much-needed nap.

Day 109; Aug 16: Did some laundry and then went to check out the happenings with Orca Fest. Orca Fest is a yearly community celebration with music and lots of junk vendors.

Day 110; Aug 17: We got up and went to breakfast, I think it is the first breakfast we have had out since starting the trip. Followed by getting fuel, checking the oil, adding water and Carolyn baked chocolate chip cookies.

Day 111; Aug 18: We left Port McNeill this morning with the wind blowing but not more than 10 mph. After a while the seas picked up which made for a wet ride. It wasn’t an uncomfortable ride it was just wet with splashes on the windows. All front and side windows have a good coating of saltwater on them. We anchored up in Port Neville for the night, we stayed here on the way up in May.

 Day 100; Aug 7: We got up early and were moving a few minutes before 6 AM. The water started out bumpy even before we were completely out of the anchorage. After an hour the water calmed down and it made a nice cruise to Prince Rupert. We followed a boat that is from the same marina that we are from, it’s a small world. Our slip wasn’t available when we got in so we waited 3.5 hours to get tied up where we spent the night. In the meantime, I called customs to check in. I must have said something wrong because the guy on the phone said he called the local officers to come down to the boat. The three guys came down asked some questions and proceeded to go through the entire boat. Not in jail so all is good, they didn’t find anything we didn’t declare. Later we went to dinner next to the marina and before we were done the friends from St. Helens came in so we sat together and chatted for a while.

Day 101; Aug 8: Time for chores today, laundry, groceries, garbage but no water. Prince Rupert had a boil water alert in effect. This alert was much different than in Wrangel, where everything was closed. In PR everything was open and other than using bottled water to drink everything else was normal.

Day 102; Aug 9: We left Prince Rupert headed to Lowe Inlet. The wind was blowing hard all day. The ride wasn’t uncomfortable but it was a wet ride with lots of spray all over the boat for 2/3 of the day. Once we got into Grenville Channel water did calm down. It was a very grey day with over a inch of rain predicted.

Day 103; Aug 10: Another long day planned to go to Khutze Inlet. We had a few sightings of whales doing acrobatics in the distance but once we got close, they got shy. There was some rain but not like yesterday. We have been to this inlet before but stayed in a protected area close to the mouth. Today we went all the way up to the head of the bay to checkout the waterfalls. It was a scenic anchorage but no wildlife seen.

Day 104; Aug 11: Pea Soup, our first day of heavy fog. We got going as planned but I was watching radar, charts and AIS; Carolyn was trying to see out the windows. Fortunately, the fog only lasted for the few miles until we got out of the inlet. Low-and-behold a bright and sunny day. The cruise was nice and sunny all day. We went to Rescue Bay via Jackson Narrows which is very scenic we did see a few whales of which had very small tails.

Day 105; Aug 12: We are headed to Shearwater today. We planned to spend two nights but given the weather conditions to cross Cape Caution we decided to only spend one night. Conditions look like we should cross Thursday or wait until Tuesday or Wednesday of next week. We did the typical chores when docked but this time we were able to get water. A 133’ yacht docked next to us making our boat look really small. For $260K/wk you to could have Nuri to yourself.

Day 106; Aug 13: Today we travelled to Secure anchorage to stage up for going around Cape Caution tomorrow. There are several boats staged to go around the cape tomorrow. The water forecast looks ok but not great, I just don’t want to get in the dog house, again. The sun came out and it has been a nice day.