August 1 & 2 - Prince Rupert

What a break, we awoke today and found that the wind had shifted from southeast to northwest and was very light. We pulled anchor at about 7 AM Alaska time amid bright sunshine. Shortly after pulling away from Cape Chacon we crossed the border back into Canada on BC Day. Whoohoo we're back.
We reflected upon our month long Alaska adventures and were very grateful for how reliable Bojangles has been for the entire trip and also how glad we were that we put a water maker on board two years ago. The unlimited supply of clear pure filtered water all through our trip has just made living so much easier. We have added about 160 hours to Bojangles log so far and expect to have over 200 hours by the time we finish which translates into approximately 3000 miles.
We arrived at the Prince Rupert Yacht club at around 1:00 PM pacific time to find that the very efficient staff had the same mooring slip as we had a month ago on the inside ready for us again. I commented to Nance that it seemed liked we were home although logic says we have many more miles to travel.
After a really good meal at the Crest Hotel we returned to the docks to find Penny and Dave Thompson just getting off Oceanaire I after just tying up. The BYC fleet was arriving in full force. Shortly after Wayne and Cathy arrived on Sambuca and finally Betty and Mike on Shaman II. We spent some quality time on Wayne's boat trading "best in Alaska" stories. This was really fun comparing notes on places we had all visited. Finally, we hit the sack after arranging to all have dinner together the next night.