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| Ell Cove |
At 7 AM the big fishing boat tied behind us in Warm Springs
loudly leaves and another commercial fishing boat, that can’t possibly fit into that
same spot, nevertheless circles the harbor, eyeing it with intentions of
squeezing in somehow and jamming us in in the process. We start our engine and rush out like thieves
fleeing the scene of a crime. Safari is
on our heels having also been bumped out by a fishing boat they had been rafted
to. We both cruise on up the coast for 8
nautical miles and duck into tiny Ell Cove.
By 9:30 AM we drop anchor and by 10:30 AM the sun is out, kayaks are in
the water and we’re off to explore.
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| Actual Sand |
We paddle around the corner to a neighboring cove and as we
turn the bend, instead of the typical rocky beach we spy a white sandy
beach!! And the water is
turquoise!!! I feel like we are in a
“Lost” episode where we hurl through a space warp and end up in the Caribbean. We drag our kayaks onto the shore and embark
on a hike of the mountain behind us for spectacular
views of Chatam Strait.
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| Chatam Strait from Mountain We Scaled, (Huff, Huff) |
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| Tree Roots We Conquered in Climb |
Back in the harbor, we notice millions of tiny just-hatched jellyfish
floating in the water and later that night, when our generator suddenly
overheats and stops, we find millions of tiny jellyfish that have been sucked into our raw
water strainer. And what better time to
clean said strainer than after a wonderful dinner and relaxing glass of
wine. But hey, on the plus side, it may
be 11 PM but it’s still daylight out.
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| Millions of Jellyfish - Yuk |
The next day we anchor fifty-one nautical miles north in Deep
Bay – our last anchorage before Sitka. Dodging
the crab pots filling the bay we find a spot for the evening. A low-grade feeling of melancholy hoovers
over us because we are now in love with the anchoring way of life. Marina sluts no more – we have morphed into
anchor addicts. I had no idea I could live off the grid this
well – of course, it’s much easier to live off the grid when you have a
generator, bread maker and hair dryer on board - but still….
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| If Only I Could Get This Thing Started |
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