Port McNeil

Wow, we are finally at Port McNeil, BC. This is a work day for us in that clothes have to be washed, bills paid, boat provisioned for our next leg, etc. So, here is what happened since our last blog (according to David). From Powell River (Westview), we went to a placed called Squirel Cove and anchored out for the night. There was a little store there as well as a craft shop. The following day we went through Yaculta Rapids which required us to go at slack tide because of the current. We did not feel comfortable going through the remaining rapids that day so we stopped at Blind Bay Marina and waited until the next morning to hit the rest of the rapids. Fairly uneventful going through. Stopped at Port Harvey and achored out. Just before dusk, another Krogen showed up. It turned out to be Jim and Ann Griffin. We first met them years ago while bringing SpiritQuest up the coast. They were docked at Half Moon Bay at the same time we were. Enjoyed seeing them again and have continued to see them along the way. They went on to Port McNeil and we decided to go to Lagoon Cove for the day which was only 14 miles from Port Harvey. A very nice, social marina. Everyone brought appetizers at 5 and the marina provided the shrimp. Bill, the owner shared bear stories afterthat. We understand that some of the Port Ludlow Yacht Club will be up here this summer. You all will have a great time at this place. That brings us to today which is Friday, May 25th. Waiting for laundry to finish! The boat has been great and the weather nice. We have had a fairly comfortable time with no major weather to deal with yet. Meeting lots of people who are traveling to Alaska and I'm sure we will continue to bump into them along the way. So far, we have come a little over 300 miles with around 700 to go. Desolation Sound was beautiful as well as the Braughtons. They are both great cruising grounds that you could spend years at and not see everything. The mountains keep getting bigger and bigger every day we go further north. Stay tuned for more. We will be stopping at a place called stillwater to pick up mail in a week or so but not sure of the timing