Sincerely, Denise

DEEP BAY TO SUKOI INLET

Monday, June 29^th

4:45 he said, that’s when we need to get up, so we can cast off by 5AM. UGH. Early. We have to be at Sergius Narrows at 5:20 for slack. You ever have one of those nights where you know you can’t miss the alarm the next morning because of a flight or some critical obligation? For some reason that’s how I slept. In increments all night, but basically from 3AM on I was awake. Terrible night’s sleep! Anyway, we cast off from the Bryan’s boat trying hard not to disturb them even though 2 giant diesel engines probably don’t qualify for relaxing white noise. We proceeded through Sergius Narrows which was a complete nothing burger, hardly even a swirl. It has the potential to cook at 7 knots and it is very narrow where that occurs, so it is always good to follow “slack” protocol. Our destination of Sukoi Inlet was only a 15 mile run, so we had the anchor down by 7AM. I immediately collapsed on the couch and took a nap for an hour before dragging myself out to set crab pots. I had no idea where to put them so guessed and will wait and see what happens. John left for fishing around 11AM and I did some chores then broke out a book, which of course put me to sleep in no time. 2 hours later, and wonderfully rested after a second nap, I dragged myself out of bed so as to not ruin my chances of sleeping tonight! John had returned from fishing with no luck, today he was fishing for bottom fish because it was a bit windy out and he didn’t want to go out in the big water. Since there was a break in the rain, I decided I’d better see if there were any crab in my pots, and it was a bust. First pot had one undersized Dungeness, and the second pot had a spider crab and those same large shells we’ve been catching. I repositioned them to new locations and decided to leave them overnight. We had a nice cozy evening just the two of us, with some rib steaks, roasted baby reds, and the rest of the corn salad from the night before. Cribbage and good music soon had me yawning and ready to retire. A very nice relaxing evening and restful night.

Again - have no photos from today because it rained most of the day. Here's more favorites from the 2018 trip.