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.

5:42 p.m., August 2, Roscoe Inlet

We decided to push through to the bitter end of Roscoe Inlet. I have never been in a more beautiful and isloated place.

11:00 a.m., August 3, Rick and Dan explore

Ian McAllister told Rick and Dan where to find an ancient fish trap, made out of stone. He pointed out a Grizzly Bear made path leading to a lake. The guys set out to see what they could see. I'll add pictures later. Exploring the wilderness was one of the great highlights of the week! Good thing that bear stayed clear. Dan and Rick were not afraid. Sharl and Kaaren stayed on the boat, thank you.

9:45 a.m. August 2, Kaaren and Dan catch their first crab

Kaaren and Dan set the crab pot. They got a huge Dungeness!

4:45 p.m., August 1, Troop Narrows-unnamed anchorage

Oh my goodnes!!! We drop anchor and soon after another boat appears, picking up crab pots. We watch, seeing if they have good luck here. Soon they approach and we barter Kaaren's famous oatmeal chocolate chip cookies for some prawns. As we pass the bag of cookies we learn that Ian McAllister is on the SOHA! Ian is our hero. Meeting him is absolutely incredible. That's him in the yellow shirt. He's so young to have done so much! To find out why he's wonderful, check the link Raincoast Conservation Foundation.

1:57 p.m., August 1, Dan and Kaaren arrive in New Bella Bella

Here are Dan and Kaaren at last! The plane was a bit late and the First Nations people who run the fuel dock came back from lunch to find us still waiting at the gas dock. With our water tanks freshly filled we are ready to head out to the wilderness.

11:45 p.m. July 30, Prawn stop

We pulled up 350 ft of line to find 67 prawns in our trap! We threw back the small ones and ate all of the remaining 57 bugs for lunch and dinner. A little cocktail sauce and viola' a wonderful meal!

10:35 a.m., July 30, Rainy days in Troop Inlet

We spent a rainy few days at "Anniversary Cove" in Troop Narrows, waiting for our new windlass to arrive in Shearwater. Will it EVER stop raining?