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.

 Day 14; May 12: We left the anchorage this morning and virtually went next door to Namu. Namu was a large cannery that was abandoned when fishing collapsed. The buildings and the machinery look to have been left as is when everyone left. We then went to Shearwater Resort at Bella Bella. We are spending two nights tied up to do laundry and other chores. Started the chores with a burger and a beer for lunch. Two years ago, they had brought in a chief and had a good selection of things to eat, we had shrimp linguine in alfredo sauce. Now it is little more than sandwiches and pizzas.

Day 15; May 13: This place has both potable water and non-potable water. Potable water is only allowed to go into the water tank, no washing. Based on the taste of the water from the restaurant we didn’t put any water in the tank. I did use the non-potable water to wash salt off the windows. Wow it was really brown, it did ok with the salt but then I needed to clean up from the brown water. I have also heard it called cedar water, where the water turns brown from the cedar roots in the aquifer. We decided to go to dinner, the waitress let us no there were no pizzas or Ruben's. The burger was ok.

Day 16; May 14: Left Shearwater about 7:30 AM with a plan to go to bottleneck Inlet about 60 miles away. We had favorable current most of the day so arrived earlier than planned. We decided to go a little farther to Khutze Inlet. Looking at the weather we decided to accelerate the plan for crossing Dixon Entrance (the last unprotected water entering Alaska). The weather this year has been much different from two years ago. Most days have been bright and sunny VS rainy, gray and cool. This year has also brought wind; we raced to get across cape caution due to winds lasting a week. Now there a gale force winds predicted for Dixon entrance for Monday. If we cross Dixon on Saturday, we can get tied up in Ketchikan Sunday and the wind can blow Monday.

Based on last year we expected to see a lot of waterfalls today but there haven’t been many. There are many places we can tell where falls would be but they are dry. We are speculating the winter was warmer and not as much snow as in the past. Climate change, no fake news here.

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 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 anything above 10kts, just the way I like it.