BLIND CHANNEL TO PORT McNEILL
May 20th
We had a wonderful dinner last night at Blind Channel, the menu is small but the quality is top notch. I had sablefish in a citrus butter over veggies, it was really good! Thank you to my travel partners for making it a special night for us.
Today was another fairly early day because we had to time the Greenpoint Rapids and Whirlpool Rapids to get out to the Johnstone straits. Normally we go south out of Blind Channel for 15 minutes and hit the Johnstones immediately, but the group decision was to delay the Johnstones by going up and over. The entire cruise to Port McNeill was uneventful, maybe a humpback sighting, but that was the extent. The best news is that the water was calm today, at most some light chop at times, but it was a great journey up to Port McNeill. Port McNeill is a cute little town, historically a logging and mining town. In fact they have the largest quarry in the Northern Hemisphere, which I found out by googling this morning, I had no idea. But enroute north we've always passed by the large marine shipping facility just north of the town so I probably could have looked it up much sooner. We all executed our minimal errands in town then met at the Devil's Bath Brewing, a local craft brew pub, for a lively happy hour and send off for Shannon and David who are peeling off here to enjoy the Broughtons at a leisurely pace. They had planned to spend a few more days with us, but had to make the tough choice to play it safe. Favorable weather predictions for crossing Cape Caution have been spotty so they don't want to get caught up north waiting for a window to come back. We've personally traveled with them to Alaska twice before (2018, 2022), so we will miss them terribly. Safe travels to you two. 💕
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| Dinner at Blind Channel |
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| Farewell to Shannon and David, on docks at Port McNeill |
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