We motored back through Laredo inlet,past Alston Cove, into Laredo Passage ,with Aristazabal  Island (what a name heh??), on the left, Princess Royal island on the right. We were at a big piece of open water here, where the water comes in from Laredo Sound,and the open ocean, and the beaches are chock full with logs and driftwood, all a beautiful silver color, but as you look closer, you see the bright blue, yellow, red and green of many fenders, washed ashore. It was a beautiful, bright, windy day, ( no, not for sailing,wind on the nose), and after chatting with a tugboat captain, we all of a sudden were surrounded by we figure a dozen Pacific White Sided Dolphins.  They jumped and dove under the bow, looked right up at me, some seemed to be racing, 3 in a row, they stayed with us for a mile and a half, what a sight, these fellows are amazing acrobats. The more i talked to them, the more they seemed to interact, trying to splash me, as they jumped right below me, ( i was hanging as far as i could over the bowsprit).  It ended up being a long tiring day, but the dolphins made it so worth while. Chapple inlet is beautiful, a creek runs into the anchorage, surrounded by grassy fields, i thought for sure i would see a bear here, but the fish arent running yet. I sat in my kayak, well into the running creek,still lots of water coming off the mountains, and just sat there, looking and listening, old cedars and  hemlocks lining the shores, yellow Indian paintbrush in the grass, the rocks are all orange and black, which makes the total scene look as if its out of a book. The red throated Loons were calling nearby, and an Eagle flew over, very close over my head, heading into the woods for the night.

We have done well, not running out of too many things.  Vegies are the biggest problem, but as you know, i grow my own micro greens, and i have learned to love the mighty cabbage!!!!   I buy 4 of them at a time, leave them out in the open, so air can go around them, just peel off the outer leaf, and you have a brandnew cabbage!!!   Also yams are great, potatoes i keep in a cloth bag, in the hallway, they stay perfect there. Then i cook with lots of garlic, and onions, which i keep  hanging in the cabin, in a net. I mainly buy fresh  cream(for Bert’s coffee), eggs , and meat ,and vegies, when we come to a store. The prices are not too bad, although we needed a jug of vinegar, 4 litres, and the price was  22 dollars, aah, can do without it a bit longer!!!!! Organics are very hard to find, and most of the time they have been lying there a while, sprouting and turning a funny greenblueish color !!

We have mostly been making our own water, the watermaker makes 6 gallons per hour, and its best to use it while the engine is running. Well, we motor almost all of the time, i think we sailed twice , in the last month.  So, we make about 18 gallons on a trip, it keeps the tanks full, and we can have showers every day.   The last time we filled in a marina was in Ocean Falls, mainly because its wonderful water there, and it gave me the oppertunity to wash out the tanks, which is a good idea to do.  Everything is working well, thank goodness, only the dinghy is a big problem, but we have to wait till we are in Prince Rupert to get another one.  One very sad thing is  that we ran out of Twentyman coffee, no other coffee will even come close to being this good, maybe David should sell it all along the coast…….??????