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| Whale! Whale! |
Our trip from the bear preserve south to Cannery Cove was filled with wild life sightings – a mother and baby orca swimming next to us, a breaching whale and dolphins – lots and lots of playful dolphins who like to ride the waves of the boat and crisscross in front of the bow. We took a ton of pictures but they are too fast for me to capture on film.
We were in constant radio contact with Gay
and Wyman who were cruising about a mile ahead of us and pointing out all the wild life activities – sometimes these
sightings take on the competitive flavor of an Olympic Sport.
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| Cannery Cove |
Cannery Cove is also part of the Admiralty National Monument so we were treated to more bears combing the beach. One night, taking Zippy to shore, we approached our stop and Jim said “Is that rock moving?” No, it’s just a big ole grizzly hogging our landing spot. We are getting so blasé we just shrugged and headed further down the shore to an adjacent island – well, only an island in high water – and as we got off a Sitka black tailed deer skedaddled from the shore and swam off with Zippy in hot pursuit. Suddenly Zippy didn’t mind the 40 degree salt water but he did stop when the water reached his belly. The next morning when we again got to the island, the deer was followed by a wobbly fawn, smaller than Zippy. Jim thinks it may have been born overnight. The mother was not leaving this time so we peacefully shared the 1,000 foot spit of land. I swear, you can’t go to the bathroom room around here without your camera.
Cannery Cove has a fishing lodge, Pybus Point Lodge, and they
allow pleasure boaters to drop-in for dinner with their guests, served family style
around a big 25 person rectangular table.
It was fun to chat with fisherman from all over the country and partake
of bowls and bowls of fresh crab. Outside the eagles swarmed the docks for the
fish remnants from the fish gutting and cleaning of the fisherman’s catch – an
amazing view during dinner – everyone feasting on the ocean’s bounty.
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| Pybus Lodge |
Unfortunately, we were socked in with rain and…sleet – yes, icy pellets shot at us in the evening and pelleted us in the morning - so we hunkered down in the boat except for when we had to take Zippy for his three shore visits. Then we suit up: warm clothing, rain pants, rain hat, rain jacket, life jacket over rain jacket, knee high boots, towels to dry the dinghy, towels to dry Zippy, and then off to shore with the wind, rain and sleet pummeling us in the face. Back to the boat to disrobe and hang everything in the engine room to dry for our next outing. Who needs exercise with all this activity? Is this really June?
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