LAURA COVE TO LAGOON COVE
Wednesday,
July 29th
We had a leisurely
morning and pulled anchor around 9AM. The Abells pulled out and then we began
the process of undoing our anchor and stern tie. The process starts with
disengaging the stern tie from shore, which in this case we had looped around
an existing rope loop that was secured to a substantial cedar tree trunk.
However, our stern tie line ended up getting stuck in the rope loop so John had
to tie it off to the boat and use horsepower to extract, thankfully we didn’t
break the loop around the tree. It was a 30nm cruise down to Lagoon Cove
winding through many narrow passageways. We saw so many whales again today!
Abells had one go right under their boat which was at idle because they saw it
coming! I saw two tails in perfect sync dive down but I couldn’t raise my
camera fast enough. We arrived at beautiful Lagoon Cove, a tiny well run remote
marina on West Cracroft Island, another favorite stop. I took a nap and the
boys went for a hike, I think Connie caught up on her blog! The buildings on the dock are quaint, a tiny
store with candy bars and ice cream and a few miscellaneous items, a “swag” hut
where they sell logo wear, and a fish cleaning/crab boiling building, with
BBQs. The owners host Happy Hour for all the boaters each evening at 5PM and
provide a bucket of fresh peel and eat local prawns, while the boaters
supplement by each bringing a dish to share. They have a lovely deck and it’s a
great social hour to meet fellow boaters. After a huge Happy Hour feast, none
of us needed dinner, thus went straight to cards! It was an early night since
tomorrow we leave early for Blind Channel through the Johnstone Straits with wind
and tide against us. It’s almost always better to leave as early as possible
because typically the wind picks up in the afternoons.
We think this is a Golden Eagle but not sure? He just didn't have the markings of a juvenile Bald Eagle, so making a guess
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