McMicking Inlet

McMicking Inlet 

July 12 - 16 

Five nights in McMicking Inlet.   Jim said he wanted to spend more time here this trip. It is a beautiful spot - white sand beaches,  Mount Pender towering overhead - hemlock and cedar and spruce - all miniature and craggy and old. 

After the second night there was a gale warning for Hecate Straight - NW 30-40 for Friday.  We thought we would go back to Chapplel Inlet which is pretty much land locked and would be good in a gale. McMicking is pretty open to the south.  But we decided Thursday morning to stay where we were and see how it went.  We never did get 30-40. Friday evening we got it gusting to 20 for an hour or two and that was as windy as it got. 

We could have moved the boat to a spot around the corner - which was occupied when we arrived. But we have a very good anchor - Rocna - and all chain rode. And we have never had a problem with dragging - knock wood. So we just stayed put. We were anchored up in the very far south end of the inlet. There are a couple of spots close by there to take Jenny to shore. McMicking is a large anchorage and there was at most 4 boats in there at the same time as us. 

We had some beautiful sunsets. 

Some great trips to shore.  The first couple of days it was grey and drizzly. 

And then the sun came out. 

We had a picnic on a beach - sitting on a log beside some wolf tracks. 

 

We ate some beach peas. Well Jim ate them. I tried one. We never died!  

Rides around in the skiff 

Phoenix Hunter from the skiff with Mount Pender in behind. 

Jim caught some rockfish. 

Happy Hour on S/V Koukla with Donna and Cosmos. A beautiful old 56ft sailboat. 

Jenny did a bit of a tweak of her knee running around the beach!!  She was hobbling around on 3 legs for a couple of days but we gave her some Meloxicam and Tramadol and she is doing better. 

 

Lilly found yet another cupboard to climb into! One day I'm going to do a blog post just about all the places Lilly needs to go! 

It was sunny and breezy most of the time we were there. Beautiful. And the solar panels happily did their thing and we maybe ran the generator once or twice in 5 days.