Sincerely, Denise

KLEWNUGGIT AT ANCHOR

Thursday, May 28^th

Oh my aching back. I guess 4 pulls of crab pots did me in because I am slightly hunched over this morning with lower back pain. The cost of crabbing and I wouldn’t change a thing! Thankfully I didn’t leave them out another night and still have a few carcasses left from dinner last night so we will be fine.

Our run on sun is over for the time being. During the night I woke up to the sound of rain and as of this writing at noon, it hasn’t let up. John and I debated whether it is truly rain or just heavy mist from sitting in the middle of this glorious rainforest environment. Regardless it is wet wet wet today. Greg and Bill left a bit ago to pull their traps and am guessing they snagged a good amount as it seems leaving them overnight here is best. I have spent the morning working on the blog and editing photos from the last two days because I am behind. It’s a lot of work actually to keep up the blog, mostly the time consuming part is sorting through all the photos. Perhaps I have already mentioned that in a previous post.

Today not much to write about except weather. Since we started this trip we have been outrunning the bad boating weather and thankfully seem to be ahead. We have heard reports that the day after we crossed Cape Caution the winds moved in and nobody has been crossing since. In fact one inside passage traveler who has been stuck in Port McNeill for the past 5 days due to weather said online “my husband is tired of waiting, we are heading back south” and that seems to be the trend below us in the Broughtons. Today Cape Caution has 8’ waves with 13’ interval….no thank you. Trend continues over next couple days. However, that is behind us and we are planning for our Dixon crossing which at this moment looks favorable for May 31, 3 days from now, but that’s only if weather predictions hold. Fingers crossed. Signing off, gotta go pick crab so I can make crab melts for lunch.

I love these peaceful mornings when you can't tell where the shoreline ends and reflection begins. Klewnuggit at Anchor