Thursday 24 July 2008
The MAP
Yesterday, as I was swinging in the hammock reading a book and enjoying a tasty adult beverage I heard someone yell my name. I looked up to see our neighbor from back home in Seattle, going by on his boat with his wife and 3 girls. That was an unexpected surprise. They decided Prideaux Haven was to crowded so headed over to Roscoe Bay.
We decided last night that we would head over there today and meet up with them. Ghost had plans to go to Squirrel cove.
The trip from Prideaux Haven to Roscoe Bay is only about seven miles, so again, we took our sweet time getting our asses out of bed. Although we could’nt sleep as long as we would have liked due to the fact that the entrance to Roscoe Bay dries completely out at low tide! The bay becomes land locked. We both thought that was pretty cool. So we were up and on our way by 9am. Ghost was already gone by the time we got up.
Absolutly no wind today, so it was a reletively quick motor to the anchorage. When we crossed the bar at the entrance of the bay we had 3 feet of water under the keel. The tide was going out, so we timed it just about right.
The anchorage was a little crowded but we found a nice spot to stern tie to shore and went about relaxing. Actually, me and Tawn don’t seem to be very good at just relaxing. Almost as soon as we got the anchor set and the line to shore tied up, we jumped in the dinghy and headed to the trail at the head of the bay. This trail took us to Black Lake, which was very warm, but not as crystal clear as Lake Unwin was. After a bit of hiking we found a nice boulder haning out over the lake to jump from. On the way back to the dinghy we took a short cut and stepped in another hornets nest, but did not get stung this time. Tawn was behind me and had to take a the long way around to avoid getting stung. I’m not sure how to score this round???? I guess I’ll give us one point.
Hornets: 3
Tawn & CB: 1
On the way back to the boat, we followed a little stream that feeds in to Roscoe Bay. The picture below was taken right were the stream and bay meet. You cannot see out boat from here, but you can see our Seattle neighbors boat “Split Crow”. I won’t try to point it out, just know that you can see it.
Anyway, Mick, our neighbor rowed over to us and invited us to his boat for drinks later that evening. When we got over there, he had also invited another couple from another boat (Mike & Lisa)in the anchorage to join us as well. They were from California, but lived in Hawaii. And had spent the last couple months sailing their boat down from Alaska. We would actually end up running in to Mike and Lisa about two weeks later on our way home.
I like this picture too. It a dinhy parking lot! :) Basically taken at the same spot as the one above.
We only stayed here one day, tomorrow we head out for Squirrel Cove.
The original plan was to head out and go to Roscoe Bay. Ghost left about 1/2 hour before we did and called on the radio to let us know that Roscoe Bay looked pretty crowded, and that they were headed for Pridieux Haven instead. Pridieux Haven is probably the most popular spot in all of Desolation Sound. And from what we’ve heard is alway full of boats.
For no particular reason at all, I think I should give a mention to our little dink.While out cruising this little guy is our car, pack mule, entertainment… The list goes on.