Shearwater

Pissed rain all night and again this morning so have decided to come back and walk to the beach on the way home this summer.

Left at 11:15am and took a narrow winding shortcut out to Hakai Passage, it would likely have been very scenic if it wasn’t raining so hard.

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Barney Point in Hakai Passage

Hakai Passage is open to the Pacific Ocean on the west so some pretty big swells roll in, we were only in it for about half an hour today.

Anyway , up Fitzhugh sound to Lama passage and around into Shearwater arriving at 3:30 pm. After  raining most of the way it turned bright and sunny for about half an hour in Lama passage then just as we were docking at Shearwater there was the heaviest downpour yet and we got soaked as we were tying up. Vivian got the worst of it as I could stay under the bimini till we were alongside. She was drenched and went straight to the shower as soon as we were secure.

On the way up we saw our first whale of the season, a big humpback, he blew then came right out of the water and dived with a big tail flip. Unfortunately the Camcorder battery was flat and we didn’t get any video. Figures!!

Had dinner out at Shearwater and , surprisingly, it was excellent. I had salmon with rice and Vivian had a steak sandwich, both  perfectly done, hot and well presented. With wine the bill was only $60, not bad for the back of beyond.

Still having trouble uploading pictures so will try again later.