JULY 25, 2002 – CULLEN HARBOR TO MOUND ISLAND

Boy are we looking forward to leaving today. We enjoyed swells from the outside most of the night which was interesting because during...

JULY 24, 2022 – CLAYDON BAY TO CULLEN HARBOR (BOOKER LAGOON)

Today we are moving campsites so first order of business was to get the shrimp pots that we left out overnight, and the crab pots...

JULY 23, 2022 – CLAYDON BAY

Today was a busy day of fishing and harvesting. We headed out fairly early to put the shrimp and crab pots down, and also because...

JULY 22, 2022 – DICKSON ISLAND TO CLAYDON BAY (SULLIVAN BAY AREA)

Super fun early morning fishing out at James Point. After trolling the shoreline for a couple hours and getting nothing but the occasional...

JULY 21, 2022 – DICKSON ISLAND

John left for fishing this morning at 6:45 and I opted out, as it was 53 degrees, threatening to rain, and virtually no visibility...

JULY 20, 2022 – PORT McNEILL to DICKSON ISLAND

Headed out early to do our short crossing of Queen Charlotte Sound which was glassy smooth but full of sticks, kelp and other debris...

JULY 19, 2022 – PORT McNEILL

Today is our last full day in Port McNeill. We have to stay in port for the cell service for John’s conference call tonight, then...

JULY 18, 2022 – PORT McNEILL

Up at 5AM for my morning routine because today we are going fishing! The weather is nice, the wind is calm, and we are excited. It...

JULY 17, 2022 – PORT McNEILL, SIDE TRIP TO SOINTULA

It’s a beautiful morning today and our plan is to visit Sointula, which is a Finnish settlement on neighboring Malcolm Island. We...

JULY 16, 2022 – FOLLY’S BAY TO PORT McNEILL

Yay! We get to move along and it is NOT RAINING! They don’t call it the Rainforest here for no reason. Today is a major crossing...

JULY 15, 2022 – FOLLY’S BAY

You guessed it…..raining today yet again! I really wanted to go fishing with John this morning but the sheer volume of water coming...

July 14, 2022 – FOLLY’S BAY

Pouring again this morning. I guess we are getting our due share of rain now to offset the nearly perfect weather and heat waves...

JULY 13, 2022 – FOLLY’S BAY

John told me we were going to go fishing today early, and I like to not be rushed in the morning. I like to have time to drink my...

JULY 12, 2022 – FOUGNER BAY TO FOLLY’S BAY

The veil has lifted! Slightly, but a marked improvement from yesterday. I can see across the channel, no fog/rain to the deck today....

JULY 11, 2022 – FOUGNER BAY

We are sleeping later and later these days, why get up when it is a deluge? We briefly entertained leaving for another cove just...

JULY 10, 2022 – FOUGNER BAY

Raining incessantly today. J got up early and went fishing but caught nothing but endless bottom fish that he had to throw back....

JULY 9, 2022 – SHEARWATER TO FOUGNER BAY

Once again, we didn’t know where we were heading today, but it was time to leave. They are predicting gale force winds for the next...

JULY 8, 2022 – KYNOCH INLET TO SHEARWATER

We pulled anchor around 8:30 this morning and motored out of Kynoch, again unsure as to where we are going, but we know we need to...

JULY 7, 2022 – BOTTLENECK TO KYNOCH INLET

Words from the Supertramp song  “It’s raining again” – and we have no cell service to access any weather report that has to do...