PRUTH BAY TO CODVILLE LAGOON
Saturday, May 23rd
This morning I heard my Eagle friends chattering about so wrapped myself in a blanket and sat outside with my coffee and binoculars and watched the nest a bit more. At one point both Eagles flew from the nest and perched together on a branch nearby. I hastily got my camera and got a picture! I love the wildlife.
It is hard to leave this beautiful place, but we are on a mission to get to Alaska and it takes daily progress to get there. It’s nearly 700 miles from Seattle, and we are about halfway there now. Our destination today is Codville Lagoon, about 30 miles away, or 3 hours. The entrance to Codville Lagoon is very narrow. Last time we were in Codville, just as we reached the narrow entrance, a pod of 3 Orcas was making their way out of the lagoon. There was nothing we could do as we were already in the narrow passageway so John put the engines in neutral so they could safely pass. It was one of those moments where you just had to soak in the close encounter, pictures would never do it justice! Many a wildlife moment is diminished by attempting to take pictures instead of just being in the moment and filing it away in your brain. Anyway, moving along, we made our way to the very back of Codville Lagoon and set our anchors, Abells rafting up with us because Connie is cooking dinner for everyone tonight. Greg and I decided to put out some crab traps to see if there was any crab life in the bay. It was rocky where we were anchored so we ran the pots to the opposite end of the lagoon where it appeared on the charts to have a remote chance of crab. We will see. There’s actually a nice but technical hike through the woods to Sagar Lake which has a beautiful sandy beach, and we’ve done this hike before, even seeing wolf prints in the sand. However, earlier in the day I had read a post by another boater who said they heard a cougar growl in the distance while anchored in Codville! Wolves, while intimidating, don’t typically bother humans. Cougars on the other hand, will stealthily stock humans and that scares me more than any bear or wolf! Luckily it was raining so I didn’t have to appear a wimp by opting out of the hike because of cougars. Dinner tonight was on our boat at Connie’s request and she served up some delicious chicken enchiladas in green sauce, accompanied by a Mexican chop salad that I made, topped off with brownies for dessert. Lorraine wasn’t feeling well so John had retrieved Bill from their anchorage to join us for the evening. We taught him how to play 5 Crowns and had a fun evening. Prior to cards, Greg and I went back to our pots and discovered exactly 1 baby Dungeness crab in one pot, and 1 baby Red Rock Crab in the other, neither of which were keepers. OH well, you don’t catch if you don’t try!
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| Mom and Dad Eagle having "date morning" maybe discussing their eaglets, or what their harvesting plan is for the day, or hatching a plan to dispatch those pesky ravens who keep threatening the nest. |
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| Codville Lagoon views from our anchorage |
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| Looking the other direction in Codville |
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| More Codville views |
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