 Tuesday-Wednesday 22-23 July 2008
Short day today, no rush to get up early. No tides to worry about, we made a quick run out to retrieve the Shrimp and Crab pots. Got a few Shrimp but no crab.
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.
There must be a reason that it is so popular and despite our desire to avoid crowds, we wanted to check it out. So we decided to go there with Ghost as well. The entrance is a little tricky to navigate, but with an eye on the depth sounder, one on the charts and Tawn on the bow sprite as lookout we got in with no problems.
Once inside it was crowded, but with our new learned skill of stern tieing we found a little spot in the northwest corner of the bay and made our selfs at home.
Pridieux Haven is pretty nice, and pretty well protected. And there are tons of tiny little nooks and crannys every where for exploring in kayaks and dinghys. Andlots and lots of power boats. I can see why it’s so popular. Not our favorite spot, but to each there own.
Another reason it might be so popular is due to the fact that a lady by the name of M. Wylie Blanchett wrote a book (The Curve of Time) way back in the 30’s about the area. She was a widow (Ye olde speak for single mom) with 5 kids. She would pack them up each summer and cruise around this area with them. The book was written about the places and people they met on there trips up here. The book is not a bad read, but it’s definetly made better if you have some sort of connection to the area. And after having spent a few weeks up here, I read the book on the way home and thought it was pretty cool.
While we were here we hiked on a couple trails that linked the different coves togather and are mentioned in the book “The Curve of Time”. And while hiking on these trails we had another encounter with our industrious little friends the hornets. Tawn did the stepping on this time, but luckily she did not get stung. I stand corrected, she actually did get stung.
Hornets: 3
Tawn & CB: 0
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.
Most boats have a name or nickname for their dink, we for some reason have not come up with a good one. We usually just call it Dink. I thought I should a least include a picture of it here since I seem to mention it so much. Oh and if you enjoyed that awesome picture of our beat up little dinghy, check out this action packed video of the Dink in action:
Just prior to that video I was out setting our crab and shrimp pots. I just got down watching the video I took while I was setting the crab pot, I realized just how retarded I am. I used hotdogs for bait…..?? That did NOT work, and a rock I had grabbed from the shore. Not sure why, but I’ll post the video here too, be warned, it is boring. :)
We also did some hiking while we were here and found a rope swing tied to a tree that we had a blast swining off of into the water.