Tuesday, August 7, 2007

Coming soon. Last night with Kaaren and Dan in Gunboat passage.

5:36 a.m. August 5, Foggy morning in St. John's


Forgot! We left St. Johns early so that we'd have plenty of water to get through the narrow passages. But its so foggy, we can hardly see. Kaaren and Dan kept watch for rocks and reefs.

12:06 p.m., August 5, Kaaren's fish

We asked Kaaren to hold the pole for a minute and what do you know! She got a fish! Dan made a lovely BBQ salmon and we caught 4 keeper crabs in an hour and had them all for dinner too! Great last meal to end a great trip!

3: 55 p.m., August 4, Heading into St. John's Harbor

So this is what its like to sail in the open ocean! Nothing between us and Hawaii. Waves are crashing on the island, where we wind our way through narrow channels to a safe harbor.

10:58 a.m., August 4, Pretty and secure Morehouse Bay

Yesterday we sailed and fished. Caught a salmon but he was too small, though legal and we let him go. Now we'll poke our nose out in the open ocean and see if we can make it to a harbor on the West Coast!

12:25 a.m., August 3, Roscoe Inlet Prawns

Oh Boy! Prawns tonight. Kaaren and Dan pulled up prawns the size of lobsters. Hey, is that Kaaren pulling their little heads off?

10:46 a.m., August 3, Back down Roscoe Inlet

Steep cliffs meet the ocean at Roscoe Inlet. Dan tries to touch the cliff from the boat. He's close but fluky currents cause Rick to veer away. Dan pointed out a number of petroglyphs on the cliffs drawn by First Nations people who have lived in the area for 10,000 years.