We spent a rainy night anchored in Forward Harbour, with our friends' boats rafted to ours. We all put down anchors and stayed secure together, enjoying company and jolly visits. Tuesday morning we again had calm seas as we cruised up Johnstone Strait and thru Chatham Channel to one of our favourite spots at Lagoon Cove. We've decided to stay two nights before moving on to Port McNeill on Thursday. We've been coming to Lagoon Cove for more than ten years, and always enjoy the warm welcome we get from Bill & Jean. Somehow we've made it a tradition to arrive with a fresh rhubarb pie for Bill, so I never leave home without some homemade pastry and chopped rhubarb ready to put together enroute. It was a bit of an experiment this trip, seeing if the new small size convection oven would do the job, and I think it is going to serve us well.
This haven is noted for exceptional prawning grounds; every day Bill & Jean host 5:00 Happy Hour on the dock for all their guests, and they provide literally buckets of the day's catch -- several hundred at least. Dan's trap was not quite this lucky today, but we're working on it!
We continue to enjoy calm seas, and aren't minding the overcast skies as long as that keeps the winds down. All is well.
3 comments:
Good to hear from you. Those prawns looks wonderful! I am drooling.
Kaiser looks quite content as a seafaring dog. So cute.
Safe travels tomorrow.
Erin
Hi Dan and Mimi,
The prawns look so great - just as you described. It makes our little prawn feast in Puerto Vallarta pale by comparison,
Have fun
Gail and Garry
Hi Dan & Mimi;
We are in Shearwater and will be for a couple of Days....we talked via email to Dave & Penny (OceanAire) and they are in Forward Harbour tonight. They will be in McNeil or Hardy tommorrow (weather permitting) as the Gails are blowing tonight - maybe you can radio them to do the crossing with them?
Talk to you soon
Mike and Betty - Shaman II
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