Pictures or it didn't happen

We stayed two nights in Pruth Bay. The anchorage was empty when we arrived although there was one boat motoring in just before us.

We were so excited to drop anchor as close as we could to the dock. We discovered we were not close enough when two sailboats came in and anchored right in front of us -- much closer! Sometimes we miss the mark a little! We need to be more assertive!

We decide if they left the next morning we were moving up to where they had set.

One of the benefits of being close to the dock is there is free wifi that is available for the boaters from the Hakai Institute and the closer you get to the dock the better the connection.

It's so generous of the institute to give us wifi - 300mb a day. You can go to shore in the dingy and sit at the tables and chairs that are provided and check email - send a few iMessages and fight off the black flies. I was bit pretty bad the first day there.

The wifi has a pretty strong connection and it can be received a short distance out in the anchorage. So if you can get a spot close enough you can check email and send iMessages from the comfort of your own boat away from all the nasty biting black flies!!

The next morning both sailboats left and we hauled anchor and moved in -- nice and close -- success - wifi in the comfort of our salon!! For some reason Jim's iPad seems to pick up the signal a bit better then mine iPad.






We enjoyed a couple of nice walks on the beach. Beach walking is not quite the same without Jenny! We miss them both - although it's hard to say who we miss the most!




In the afternoon Jim went out in the skiff to do a bit of fishing. Soon after he left he excitedly called on the radio that he had just hooked -- but lost a Halibut -- 4 feet long and 2 feet wide. He was pretty thrilled he'd finally caught a halibut. I said - you know that old saying -- Pictures or it didn't happen! Haha. Anyway it sounds like there is hope for halibut one day! And what would we have done with a 50 lbs halibut!! We only need a small one.

We met a couple on a Catamaran who were heading to Alaska. They had travelled all over the world in the Cat for 4 years and home schooled their daughters while traveling. Such interesting adventures and stories from boaters.

On one of our walks Jim found a bug on the beach that he was busy taking photos of when some people came over - the 30 something man said -- "oh ewww" and Jim said " not Ewww -- it's -- Ohhh" -- and you shouldn't be afraid of an Isopod! ". It's the Biologist in him!




And of course --
Later that night a sailboat decided it needed to be right in front of us!! There were 3 boats in Pruth Bay - its big enough for 30 boats - and they needed to drop anchor right in front of us and right around where our anchor was. I let him know that in the morning when we left there was a good possibility we'd be coming pretty close to them as we pulled our anchor. Oh well.

We pulled up fine in the morning. But we did get close. There were a LOT of other places he could have gone!! Seriously!!

Next we are on our way to Codville Lagoon for my birthday.


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