We
are having a string of beautiful days.
As we leave the anchorage we enter Fitz Hugh Sound again. It is flat and beautiful. However, we still have to dodge a lot of
logs. One second of inattention and we
had a glancing blow from a huge log. No
damage but it sure got our attention.
When we had phone service I called up Shearwater Marina for a slip
assignment. There were quite a few
openings when we arrived but the dock gradually filled up over
the afternoon. We did some grocery
shopping for fresh fruit and vegetables and allowed Merlin some freedom. In the late afternoon we saw two bald eagles
sitting on a tree top and we were informed that a fellow here placed raw meat
on the lawn and allowed folks to photograph the eagles more closely. The lady I saw on the bench with a high end
Nikon camera is the same lady on the Nordic Tug that nearly broadsided us in
Port McNeill. Faye is quite knowledgeable about eagle and
bear behavior. They were selling black
t-shirts with the image of a Spirit Bear to benefit a local charity. We really want to see a spirit bear! They are actually black bears with a
recessive gene making them an ivory cream color. They are not albinos. I stopped by their boat, Fellowship, after
dinner and was shown their marvelous photos of the spirit bear. She gave me the
name and phone number of a fellow who does small tours to see the bears. Faye said that she needed waders to get into
the stream with the bears for her photos.
I’m not sure if I am ready to get into a stream with the bears. We will have to think about that. I was leaving the boat at dusk (10 pm) and a
fellow in a small aluminum skiff asked for Fred (he was already asleep). Apparently this was the harbourmaster,
Christoffe. He had just finished making
this skiff himself and wanted Fred to see it.
He did all the cutting of the aluminum and welding himself. I told him I would send Fred to him in
the morning.
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