On Monday, July 30th, we left our slips in Ketchikan to head to Foggy Bay, our last stop before re-entering British Columbia.  The weather is sunny with some clouds.  Much more uneventful than when we entered Alaska.  The next day we got up at 4 a.m. as weather across Dixon Entrance is good.  The sun was shining and the seas cooperated.  We arrived at the Rushbrook government docks in Prince Rupert and both Puffin and LaMouette had to raft.  This is a very busy fishing dock and no one cares about wakes.  We spent 2 days there restocking.   

 

August 2nd and again another early departure.  The weather is great as we head down Grenville channel.  Our timing was great for the tide and current changes.  We decided to move on to Lowe Inlet which has become a favorite spot.  The next day we jib sailed into Hartley Bay for refueling.  Again we left Hartley and put the jib up.  A radio call from Puffin stated that there were hundreds of dolphins heading our way.  It turned out they were not dolphins but hundreds of pilot whales!  An awesome sight.

 

Our jib sailing kept us going 7 knots as we entered Khutze Inlet.  There we anchored in front of the cascading waterfall.  There was also a small whale here and we believe it to be a minke whale.  If you looked in the water you could see hundreds of schools of salmon!  I guess we know why the whale was here.  A seaplane landed in the inlet long enough to drop 2-3 crab pots off!  After dinner Larry and I took a dinghy ride through the marshes to another waterfall.  The channel got down to 10 feet across.  I tell you this because on the way back, we spotted a "moose" in the water.  That moose turned out to be the biggest grizzly bear!!!  We  were about 20 feet from him!  We kicked up the motor and took off to the safety of LaMouette. 

 

On Sunday August 5th we left Khutze Inlet to go to Klemtu, an Indian Village.  The sun was shining and we had the current with us so we were going 6-7 knots.  Klemtu docks had very little to tie to but we managed.  We learned that the BC Ferry would be serving dinner at 5 p.m.  It seems that this was an "event" as we thought the whole town turned out.  We found that at Klemtu you eat hamburgers with fries and gravy and chocolate cake!!  We four just had the burgers!

 

It was cloudy when we left Klemtu.  We were heading to Boat Inlet in Reid Passage.  The entrance to Boat Inlet is narrow and rocky so after we saw Puffin in there we knew we could make it.  At one point our depth was 12 feet from the water line!!  As we entered we heard sandhill cranes which are known to be here.

 

Yesterday we head across open water for awhile while we headed to Shearwater and the marina.  We have restocked our galleys and fueled up.  Our next stop will be one day closer to Cape Caution.