On the way in to a beautiful serene anchorage
Our kayaks on the extensive white sand beach
The anchorage viewed from the beach which is part sand part shellsHappy Birthday Rae! enjoy your day.
It's "to go or not to go - that is the question". We went to bed still hearing reports of gale force winds in Queen Charlotte Strait so we were not greatly optimistic about our chances of moving north. I set my alarm clock for 4:30 so we could depart at 5:00. Gord wasn't moving so I returned happily to sleep confident that we would stay at our secure dock.
Gord bolted upright at 6:00 to announce that we should venture out and see if we could sneak up the shoreline in the strait to reach Allison Harbour. This would give us a better chance of clearing Cape Caution the next day if weather improved. Armed with the promise that if I didn't like the conditions we would return to the dock we left at around 6:30.
Evidently we did something right, Gord attributes it to a lifetime of pure living, since the seas had calmed right down and in fact were "waterski" flat. We set our sights for Cape Caution and commenced our first open sea crossing in Bojangles.
We cleared the Cape and reached Penrose Island, just past the entrance to Rivers Inlet, by around 10:00. We found the entrance to Fury Cove after a bit of searching and entered one of the most beautiful anchorages we have ever been into. Evidently others thought so as well since by dinner time there were around a dozen boats joining us. However, the anchorage is extensive so lots of room for all.
We kayaked around the entire bay and explored the sandy spit at the end, all in a very satisfying day.
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