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.

 Day 94; Aug 1: A slow day, we did a few chores. Last night we had a crab and salad. Tonight, we had parmesan cheese noodles with shrimp and crab, Yum Yum

Day 95; Aug 2: Today we went to Walker Cove in Misty Fjords. It was about 48 miles with smooth water and sun a lot of the time. We cruised up to the end of Walker Cove and then back to the anchorage. The beauty of shear rock walls is really indescribable. The walls are thousands of feet high and the water is over a thousand feet deep. It makes you think you are only a little spec in these fjords.

Day 96; Aug 3: We went to Rudyerd Bay with the expectation to anchor in Punchbowl Cove. The forecast was for an inch of rain so we expected the clouds to be low and not able to see anything. Although, when we got there, we weren’t getting the rain and the clouds and fog was high enough that we could see the top of the mountains. At the end of the bay there is an inner bay that you get to through a 60’ wide passage. The inner bay is kind a like a cool hideout we had as kids. We went back to Punchbowl Cove and anchored and watched the rock wall that looks over the anchorage appear and disappear as the clouds moved through.

Day 97; Aug 4: Today we made our way to Bullhead Cove. The water was calm all day and we only had a few sprinkles all day. There are two other boats in the cove with us, a big sailboat with at least 7 aboard and a trawler that is near 70’ long.

Day 98; Aug 5: We decided to move on this morning and move down to Foggy Bay. The anchorage wasn’t as calm or scenic as we had hoped reading the reviews. As we exited the anchorage there were a couple whales outside feeding so our short journey was 20 minutes longer. Once we got to Foggy Bay it was vacant and calm as could be. A little later I put out a crab trap, we’ll see if crab like chicken one more time. The rain started and pretty much went all night long. We were joined by four other boats as the day went on. One of the boats is the one we signaled in Tracy Arm that an ice berg was headed for them, while anchored up.

Day 99; Aug 6: Got up early to watch the exit of our neighbors. Three boats were gone by 7 AM while the fourth waited until about 9. I got the crab trap a little before noon and there was no love, if it weren’t for the bait and mud, it was squeaky clean. The rest of the day was about ensuring things were put away for crossing Dixon entrance tomorrow.