And The Excitement Slows Up....

Wednesday, August 27

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Beardrop Bay to Turnbull Islands

After a bouncy night anchored in Beardrop Bay, with the wind howling directly towards us, we woke up to find it relatively calm.  A quick check on the weather told us that the afternoon would bring a high wind warning once again.  We decided to take a run for it and make our way a couple of hours down “the road”.

So at 7:00 a.m., in my jammies and without hardly any coffee in my system at all, Jeff pulled anchor while I steered around the rocks and out of Bear poop, er, Drop bay.  We became aware of an incessant barking up ahead around a corner.  This was very much a wilderness anchorage and we saw no boats ahead of us so it was puzzling.  Around a bend we came upon a canoe heading into the bay.  Buddy was paddling with his dog doing bark watch on the bow.  He shouted up to us that he was paddling across Canada and had started in B.C.  His canoe was covered in stickers, presumably from all the places he’s visited.  Over the woof, woof, we couldn’t make out which charity he was supporting, but if you’re out there, watch for him.  I can’t imagine where he was coming from, paddling into an anchorage at 7:00 a.m. from the blustery bay, but you sure have to give him credit.

We made it to the Turnbull Islands without incident, anchored and got the dinghy down for some exploring.  We bopped around in the dinghy, hiked around the islands and around the corner we found our friends from Odyssey and Rascal anchored there.  We taught them the card game we've been playing and enjoyed a pleasant evening in Gran Vida's salon, which was the roomiest boat.  Kip won but I came in second, so I am counting this as a win in our stats.  Lord knows I need it!

We've been having internet connection problems.  Following my lead no doubt, my old iPhone has decided to take it easy and only works sometimes, then goes to sleep.  It is our main source of internet for now.  Also, there is very little signal in these wilderness anchorages.  Once we get into the States, hopefully I'll hook-up with Verison and be back in business, so pics to follow.