MAY 9, 2022 - CODVILLE TO SHEARWATER

Again, woke up to beautiful skies and super glassy water, the reflections shown in some of the attached pictures. Today we decided at least a 2 hour soak on our shrimp pots now that we knew the location that was best. We set the pots then back to the boat to get the boys and head out for our hike to Sager Lake, about 1.2 km but pretty strenuous scaling tree roots, lots of muddy holes and such. Sager Lake is has the most beautiful golden sand beach, which we can only surmise came from the glaciers long ago, but it’s such an oasis – except for the brown cedar water which looks dirty but is just from the water filtering through the cedars on the hillside. Last time we were here we saw wolf tracks and this trip we found scat but no sign of the wolf. Shannon had her bear bells and bear spray just in case of a chance encounter with a grizzly. No wildlife sightings at all unfortunately….well I guess it’s fortunately because I don’t particularly want a close encounter with wolves, mountain lions, or bears. When we hefted up our shrimp pots 3 hours later, we were rewarded with many more than the last pull and really nice big ones. We buttoned everything up and fired up for our next transit, about 2 hours to Shearwater, a significant hub in this area with a grocery store, marine store and yard, gift shop, laundry and even a pub. We tried for a couple months before our trip to reach Shearwater for reservations, only to get lost in their endless loop of a phone tree, and leaving messages with never any return call. So our fingers were crossed that we could even get moorage. When we got in cell range I called once more and finally reached the office and was able to get moorage reservations, although upon arrival we saw they weren’t necessary as we were the only two pleasure boats in residence, the docks basically empty! This place is normally packed with boats. We were looking forward to a night off cooking and dinner at the pub but the management (thankfully) notified us that the community was experiencing a Covid outbreak so “make sure to wear your mask” – we opted for dinner on the boat. Shannon did laundry, the boys went shopping at the marine store for parts for Lucky Pup’s outboard, and I undertook making sourdough bread, which is a 4 hour process, then you cook it the next morning. Being that it’s quite chilly outside and somewhat drafty in the boat, I was having trouble with my dough staying warm, so was very proud of myself for my innovation – I plugged in my heating pad (which I brought for my back) and placed the proofing dough on top of that! It still wasn’t warm enough so I have my doubts how the bread will turn out tomorrow. Dinner was Pork Adobo and rice on Lucky Dog and was delicious.

Beautiful golden sand at Sager Lake - Codville Lagoon

Shan and David

Bundled up

Beautiful Reflections