We left Cannery Cove on Tuesday morning after pulling the crab pots (2 keepers) and headed out into Frederick Sound. Very little wind and quite nice besides the rain.
As we neared Cape Fanshaw we noticed another boat that had been hanging out over there for an hour or so, and since it’s a popular spot with the whales, we adjusted course to veer a little closer, just in case. Turned out that was a group of about 6 humpbacks bubblenet feeding…so that’s the third time this summer for us! Lucky!!
Here are four of them we identified via happywhale.org:
Fortuitous shot of Melissa Lynn with whale fluke:
We continued on down to Thomas Bay and back to Scenery Cove. It was extremely foggy as we neared the turn-in to the cove, but luckily not completely socked in inside where we’re anchored. It’s tricky enough to anchor in here since it’s deep and narrow…no need to add having to do it using radar and sonar only! 🙂 We dropped the hook in 90ft and put out about 200ft of chain. Short scope, but very little wind or anything that will move us around in here. Even in the rain and fog, it’s gorgeous.
Low tide Wednesday morning showed us much more of the shoal at the head of the cove.
Kevin took the drone up for some aerial shots while it wasn’t raining (we actually had some SUN today).
And here’s a short video Kevin made during the same flight:
In the early afternoon he took the drone up again (with a fuller battery charge) to see if he could get a view of the glacier. Not quite, but a pretty good view of the entrance to the glacial lake filled with ice (which is where we’ll be going by dinghy later this afternoon).
The colors in the water!! The fresh water mixes with the glacial silty water and looks super cool.
This is the water at the head of Scenery Cove, shot from straight above.
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High tide was around 4:37pm so at about 3pm we bundled up and got in the dinghies to try for the lake! The entrance was nice and clear (still a bit shallow in parts until we found the deeper part of the channel), and there was much less floating ice than last year.
Missie took a fun shot of us all sitting in our dinghies, and then Kevin took the Mavic Mini up for some aerial photos and then made a super cool video of where we were.
Aerial stills from the Mavic Mini (in the photo below you can see our two dinghies rafted together, at the upper right of the square-ish iceberg in the lower center.
And here’s a short video Kevin made back on Airship with the footage he took with the Mavic Mini:
We had Russ and Missie over to Airship for dinner…our last dinner together for now as they start heading south and we go north for a bit (we’re taking Craig to Ford’s Terror and a couple other spots before he flies out of Juneau at the end of the month). We talked about meeting up with them again if possible to do the outside of Vancouver Island…would be cool if that can happen!! Oh, and dinner was cioppino I made with fresh spot prawns, fresh halibut, and fresh Dungeness crab, served with garlic bread and a caesar salad. Super yum!
Thursday: We left our perfect spot at Scenery Cove this morning and exited Thomas Bay and we’re now headed for Windham Bay.
