June 17 - Blind Channel Resort

A "hard day" reading in the rain!

Bojangles at rest on the dock at Blind Channel

The dock in front of the excellent Blind Channel restaurant and store

We faced three sets of treacherous rapids today if crossed at any time other than slack tide. According to our tide tables the crossing should be made at 10:30 so we left Cortes Island early and successfully transited Yuculta, Gillard and Dent rapids with no problems.

Just as we exited the last of the Dent rapids at Devils Hole we were joined in passage by a half dozen dolphins out for a joy ride on our stern wake. What a great site, they looked like mini torpedoes.

As we passed into Cordero Channel we saw a small whale watched closely by a boat full of tourist whale-watchers. We hung out and watched for a while until the whale got bored and left. We continued on to our destination for the night, Blind Channel Resort on West Thurlow Island. We filled up with diesel, ouch! ( the dock attendant even apologized for the price) and headed to the excellent showers in their cute bath houses.

Since it rained heavily in the afternoon we passed a relaxing afternoon reading on the boat with a great excuse not to go and challenge the local bears on the nearby woods trail.

We had a nice meal in the restaurant where the service was super and the room filled with grandmother produced art work going back over the 40 years that the family has owned this resort. A really nice family and a friendly place to stop.