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 as we transit Cape Caution, a 7-8 hour run with about 3 hours of open water with nothing out there between us and Japan. We have been listening to the weather reports daily and knew that today is the day we go for the best crossing, even though it’s 2 days earlier than we had planned. While we did have very large slow swells, maybe 10’ from trough to crest, it was a nice crossing, with little to no wind or chop. I drove most of the way to keep my stomach contents intact, as the slow wallowing seas really get me. We were quartering the swells most of the way but when we turned south they became following seas on the stern. We arrived in Port McNeill around 3:00PM and got into a slip at the Public Harbor. After getting settled and registered at the Port office we did a quick stroll around town to stretch the legs, and went for a celebratory beer at the Devil’s Bath Brewery. We noticed a sandwich board sign on the way into the Brewery that said “North Coast Pot available after 4PM” – hmmmm….we thought. Didn’t know pot would be so blatantly promoted in a nice establishment! Turns out that it is a menu item! One which we came back later that evening to enjoy. It consisted of Steamed Clams, Steamed Mussels, Chorizo, quartered new potatoes, corn on the cob (cut in 3rds), topped with pickled sea asparagus and two spears of focaccia bread – all served in an old-fashioned metal sand pail. Like clam bake in a bucket! Clever presentation, and absolutely delicious down to the last morsel – of course we split it, tons of food. I had never had sea asparagus which is also known as Salicornia. For those traveling to Port McNeill, this is a dish not to be missed, so plan on it if you are passing through! The Brewery is right next to the harbor, but is closed Mondays and Tuesdays, so plan your trip around that. I took the nightly beating at Rummy and then off to read myself to sleep.
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| On our journey across today we crossed paths with a tug owned by a friend of ours |
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