July 7 – Drat! It’s raining – well, frankly it’s the first we have seen for more than a month so it is an interesting distraction but it is off to the beach!
June here: The beach on the outside of Calvert Island is truly spectacular. Hakai Beach Resort allows access to the beach through their property on Pruth Bay during the day (8-5) and there is also a beach to pull up a dinghy at the start of the trail to the beach. The trail winds through the forest, soft moss underfoot until you can hear the surf and the path becomes mostly sand. The beach is white sand (and, as I remember from 20 years ago, absolutely gorgeous when the sun is shining) The sun was not co-operating today, but the beach was no less beautiful. I think Abby enjoyed the beach the most of all of us, running until she could run no more and lay on the sand, gasping and panting!
Back from the beach – rain and low clouds. We are off to Namu – with a functional watermaker.
On our way our out of Kwakshua Sound we were inundated with humpbacks again, our introduction being a Humpback surfacing right in front of our bow as we quickly dropped our speed and turned hard to port to avoid a collision. Our trip to Namu was a constant “wow look at that!” with whales blowing, breaching, slapping all around us keeping us on our toes making sure we were staying far away from any activity. Abby became our “watch dog” keeping a weather eye out for the “smelly guys” (whale breath is really quite special) and barking loudly when one surfaced.
We are currently tied up at a small moorage in Namu and everyone is off for showers.
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