June 28, 2013 - The WET Coast

June 28, 2013 – The WET Coast

We putzed around the bay in the morning and as the rains started, we pulled our anchors and slowly fished our way through some beautiful islands, heading towards Port Hardy.  Malahide headed out into the fog for some fishing in Blackfish Channel – brave without their radar working !!  Sea Level II and Calibri worked our way down George Passage, north of Malcolm Island .   Again, we got skunked, but Calibri caught a couple of cod !!

 

Getting the fishing gear organized ….. 

 

OMG !  It is GORGEOUS in here !!!!  The whisps of clouds just hang in the trees and the fog makes everything seem so .... quiet.

 

Colibri winding her way through the islands.

 

 

 

Maybe I can get Penny to paint this for me ……  How beautiful is this ?

 

An eagle looking for his next meal ....

 

 

Did I mention this is the WET Coast !!!??? Rain is due to stop soon (I hope …)

 

Although we luckily didn’t encounter a lot of traffic, the vessels we did see, would just appear out of the fog ….  they looked like ghost ships !!  BIG ghost ships !!!  We saw TWO of these babies ....

 

 

Boat traffic did get a little busier as we approached Port Hardy's harbor and they are clearly much more comfortable bombing around in this pea soup than we were .... we were on full alert !!

 

 

 

 

 

Colibri and Sea Level II arrived in Port Hardy to find  Malahide safely docked. They have run into radar issues which may prove to be problematic if they can’t get it fixed!!  (I’m SURE Penny will be mentioning it in her blog …. Which I think she’s going to call “And this is why I drink ….” !!! )

My dad is due to head off early tomorrow morning, so he took us ALL out for a lovely dinner at the Quarterdeck Marina …. It was a wonderful treat that we very much enjoyed dinner after our soggy-foggy day !!!

 

This is Cameron, me, dad, Diana and her son, Denis (hubby Christopher is taking the photo), & Penny and Lawrence Talbot.

 

 

I will certainly TREASURE having this special time with my dad.  He has been great company and such fun.  This week with him has been a special treat !!!