Has it been that long

July 11th - It has been so long since I have updated the blog it is hard to know where to begin. Since we left Kwatsi Bay we have anchored out in pleasant, quiet bays. There are few and far between marinas and some do not have power, some do not have water The Shearwater Marina we are in right now has some power, no water, and the internet is very sporatic. Sometimes we are just as well on the ‘hook’. We have a watermaker and the generator works fine. We still have meat in the freezer, food in the cupboard, booze in the cabinet. We can stay out for weeks!
Jerry has gotten his downrigger all rigged and we have been trolling for a few hours the last couple of days, but no fish yet.

July 15th - Last night we stayed in one of the most beautiful anchorages off the Princess Royal Channel which is on the East side of the Princess Royal Island. The anchorage was called the Bottle Neck Cove and the pictures show the narrow entrance. We were once again surprised to find an American Tug in the Cove, owned by a couple that we had met at the seminar. They live in Port Orchard, WA and said this is as far as they have ever been North and they were turning back today.
We tried to leave out early (before 8am) this morning but there was a heavy layer of fog over the area. We waited and finally left when the sun came out and started to burn it off. The weather is supposed to get ugly in the next 2 days…….there is a front sitting over the Alaskan Gulf so we are headed to Kitamaat at the top of this channel. There is supposed to be a modern marina and fairly large town where we can ‘hole up’ if we need to. I also need to get a handle on our finances. I have everything set up in my trusty ole Quicken. I just need to make sure the money came in and the bills get paid. What did we do before INTERNET?
We have taken many pictures of the beautiful islands and mountains but I am sure they do not do justice to the scenic environment we are in. The mountains are mostly rock with a shallow layer of soil and many different varieties of conifers growing all over them. Some of the mountains are sill snow capped, the water is hundreds of feet deep, sometimes over a thousand, and there are many, many waterfalls coming down the mountains.