Still Going North

July 21, 2008 – We did make it to the town of Kitimat (10,000 people), staying 3 days. We took another bus ride to the grocery store and a little shopping. I was able to take care of our bills and read some messages. It was rainy and cloudy the last day so we were not anxious to leave.
On Saturday we did leave for an anchorage called Kiskosh. Another boater told Jerry it was a great place for crabs. So we anchored and he threw the crab trap right off the back of the boat. He didn’t want to get the dinghy down since it was raining all day. We were all alone in the anchorage shrouded with fog and had a quiet evening. Sunday morning before I even got up, Jerry had pulled up the crab trap, it was just about full. These are the Dungeness Crabs and I think some of them must have weighed 5 lbs. We spent the better part of Sunday cooking and picking crab meat. They were huge! We now have plenty of crab meat in the freezer. In fact our freezer is just as full as when we left LaConner. Other than fresh produce and dairy we still have a lot of meats, prawns and now crab.
It is Monday and we left our beautiful anchorage and are now headed up the Greenville Channel. The Channel is 45 miles long but we will only travel part of the way to another anchorage. We should be in Prince Rupert in a few days and that will be from where I send this message.
July 22, 2008 Another very beautiful anchorage. There is a waterfall that has ‘burgettes’ coming down from the tops of the mountains. We have seen salmon jumping up to the falls – brown bear and black bear on the shore, and ducks with wide orange bills. We stayed 2 nights.
July 23, 2008 Could this anchorage be more magnificent than the others?!?!?!?!??!!? We had to cross a very narrow passage with some rapids but once we got in the inlet opened up and again we had a very peaceful evening.
July 24, 2008 – Prince Rupert – the last big city of British Columbia.