Yesterday as we entered Grenville Channel I told Chris to turn on the computer to see if we had an internet connection since we had been out of touch for several days and she was eager to talk to her dad and find out how her mom was doing. son of a gun if we did not have three bars and she was able to skype her father and talk to him for about 10 minutes. Amazing technology we have that we can talk from the middle of Grenville Channel in BC to Gig Harbor Washington as if we standing side by side. By the way Verizon wireless air cards are the way to go. It has been succesful where the others that Glen and Liz have and our Nextel are next to useless ever since we entered canada. Go with Verizon if you have a choice. I was able to dump the last three days worth of blogs onto the site in about five minutes before we lost the signal as we headed north.
Again today, the 22nd I told chris to check the signal as we neared Kumealon Inlet where we decided to stop to get out of the wind. Were in no hurry and have been exploring as we go north, taking side trips into several places just to check them out. Hopefully I will be able to make it to Prince Rupert for fuel as we have been doing a bit of sight seeing and I did the fuel figures today and will be cutting it close.
Chris was again able to talk to her dad using Skype and it was like they were talking on the phone to each other at home. Great system.
Kumealon is a under rated achorage in all the books. This place is really one of the best we have stayed at so far. Protected and pretty even thought there is a helicopter logging operation just outside of where we are anchored. The operation does no adversly impact the location and the logging is being done in such a way that the contours of the land shield the cut timber from the view from the passing boats and ships.
Last night in Lowe inlet it blew hard. We had to repostion the anchor at dusk as we suddenly were much closer to rocks than we had been all afternoon My anchor was set well but with both boats on one the wind was causing us to wander more than we thought prudent. We put down Glens bigger anchor and we still wandered but we were in deeper water and further from shore.
It blew all night and all day and only let up early this evening. Right now we have no wind, a few puffy clouds and mostly clear sky. Should be a great day tomorrow as we had in to Prince Rupert for fuel. We probably will not stay there, but press on to Dundas Island in preparation for Crossing Dixon Entrance.
I think I am finally in non work mode as we are no longer in a hurry to get anywhere. I had us in Ketchikan today by my schedule but there was really no reason to pass up some of these fantastic stops that we have made just to rush north and try to meet some kind of arbitrary schedule. This particular stop is well worth it and if you get a chance on your travels by all means spend a night here.
We caught about 6 crab at Low Inlet and half a dozen Shrimp. So far today we have not caught any crab at this stop but we will check again tomorrow.
Again today, the 22nd I told chris to check the signal as we neared Kumealon Inlet where we decided to stop to get out of the wind. Were in no hurry and have been exploring as we go north, taking side trips into several places just to check them out. Hopefully I will be able to make it to Prince Rupert for fuel as we have been doing a bit of sight seeing and I did the fuel figures today and will be cutting it close.
Chris was again able to talk to her dad using Skype and it was like they were talking on the phone to each other at home. Great system.
Kumealon is a under rated achorage in all the books. This place is really one of the best we have stayed at so far. Protected and pretty even thought there is a helicopter logging operation just outside of where we are anchored. The operation does no adversly impact the location and the logging is being done in such a way that the contours of the land shield the cut timber from the view from the passing boats and ships.
Last night in Lowe inlet it blew hard. We had to repostion the anchor at dusk as we suddenly were much closer to rocks than we had been all afternoon My anchor was set well but with both boats on one the wind was causing us to wander more than we thought prudent. We put down Glens bigger anchor and we still wandered but we were in deeper water and further from shore.
It blew all night and all day and only let up early this evening. Right now we have no wind, a few puffy clouds and mostly clear sky. Should be a great day tomorrow as we had in to Prince Rupert for fuel. We probably will not stay there, but press on to Dundas Island in preparation for Crossing Dixon Entrance.
I think I am finally in non work mode as we are no longer in a hurry to get anywhere. I had us in Ketchikan today by my schedule but there was really no reason to pass up some of these fantastic stops that we have made just to rush north and try to meet some kind of arbitrary schedule. This particular stop is well worth it and if you get a chance on your travels by all means spend a night here.
We caught about 6 crab at Low Inlet and half a dozen Shrimp. So far today we have not caught any crab at this stop but we will check again tomorrow.
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