Prince Rupert Once More

August 14, we pulled out of Ketchikan-in a drizzle.

We sailed a while until the wind died then motored on to sweet little Meyers Chuck. Again, at 7:30, we were awakened by loud knocking on the hull of the boat, by the Sticky Bun Lady. It was a delicious but rude awakening.

The rain had abated as we continued on to Foggy Bay for a quite night on the hook. We were joined by an old power multihull and a red fishing boat. The rigging on the fishing boat made a perfect X.

Saturday was very foggy as we left our little harbor and headed out to the dreaded Dixon Entrance. We would not have been able to go on without the radar. The sun eventually burned through and we were treated to the beautiful scenery that we had miss the first time we traveled through the area. After 8 hours of motoring we were at the Prince Rupert Rowing and Yacht Club for our reserved slip. We were lucky to get a slip there the last time so I called ahead as we left Ketchikan.

Amazingly I was able to get cell phone calls while out on the ocean. My cousin in Maryland called to wish me happy birthday. Also Mike and his kids called and sang, “Happy Birthday.” When I got on the Internet at port, Sandy and others had emailed me birthday greetings.

We ate at the tiny Cow Bay Café for my birthday dinner. They were absolutely the best meals yet. Everything is prepared from scratch. The beautifully presented food was delicious.

Sunday, Mark worked on drying out the boat while I walked into town for a bit of shopping.

I made Sockeye Salmon, Yukon Gold baby potatoes-refried in butter, and cole salw for dinner. We had leftover Gingerbread Cake with rum sauce and whipped cream for dessert.

We enjoyed talking to a young Amish couple tonight on the dock. They had traveled by train from Michigan. Tomorrow they take the ferry to Alaska. They said that this is their honeymoon trip. Mark has read two books about the Amish this summer so he had a lot of questions to ask them. The woman said that they did not have raingear. He, Joe, said that was all right because they will just stay on their cabin if it rains. She, Edna May, seemed happy to receive my old Helly Hanson rain parka.

Don't know if we will sail away tomorrow or not. Guess the morning will tell us.

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It may will be a while before I will be able to blog next because we will be in the back channels untill we get to Port Hardy.