Shearwater & Bella Bella

June 23rd

Finally! Doug worked his magic looking for all the best fishing spots, and just off Serpent Point I hooked a nice salmon! She was a spirited thing and ran like the dickens, but I managed to keep a tight line and in she came. 20 pounds and 33" of silver Spring! Salmon tonight for supper!!!

 We'll be taking a lot of fish home! We figure that we have about 130 lbs in total of Salmon, Halibut, Ling Cod & Prawns. I hope Norman and Sarah like fish ... it's all we have room for in the freezer!

We fueled up in Bella Bella and got a couple of groceries and tomorrow we'll take a tour of Shearwater. 

We got to see and talk to a couple of the folks entered in the R2AK race. (Race to Alaska) The only criteria for entering the race is that your may not have a motor in or on your craft. These crazy people leave Victoria and are on their own ... no support of any kind ... all the way up to Ketchikan. 1st prize is $10,000 and 2nd prize (highly sought after, we understand) is a set of steak knives!

There's a special prize for the 1st finisher in a human-only powered craft. Apparently there actually ARE a few who make it all the way without a sail!

This fellow was all alone on this tiny Hobie Tandem Island. As of June 28th, he still has not finished the race. I was amazed that he made it this far!