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Week 13 – Tebenkof Bay and around Cape Decision

Monday, July 8, we planned to spend the day at Shelter Cove and suddenly in the morning saw a bear on the beach! Actually a black bear mom and three tiny cubs! She really worked the beach during low tide. It was very nice to watch them. We also sha…

Week 13 – Tebenkof Bay and around Cape Decision

Monday, July 8, we planned to spend the day at Shelter Cove and suddenly in the morning saw a bear on the beach! Actually a black bear mom and three tiny cubs! She really worked the beach during low tide. It was very nice to watch them. We also share t…

Week 12 – 4th of July in Sitka

On Monday July 1, we got an early start. Just outside of our anchorage, Samsing Cove, we looked out and two gillnetters had essentially blocked our route, so we had to do a lot of end running to stay clear of their gear. There was an fishery opening on…

Week 11 – SW Coast of Baranof Island

On Monday June 24 we headed out in the dinghy from our anchorage in Herring Bay with halibut gear to fish the slack, and I caught another 2 rockfish. We moved fishing sites and I got nothing. We spent the night again in Herring Bay then on Tuesday head…

Week 12 – 4th of July in Sitka

On Monday July 1, we got an early start. Just outside of our anchorage, Samsing Cove, we looked out and two gillnetters had essentially blocked our route, so we had to do a lot of end running to stay clear of their gear. There was an fishery opening on…

Week 11 – SW Coast of Baranof Island

On Monday June 24 we headed out in the dinghy from our anchorage in Herring Bay with halibut gear to fish the slack, and I caught another 2 rockfish. We moved fishing sites and I got nothing. We spent the night again in Herring Bay then on Tuesday head…

Licata Part 2 Sunday morning walk with Linda

Asalama,
  Ramadan began yesterday evening at sundown.  •"Kul ‘am wa enta bi-khair!"  ("May every year find you in good health!")
We are getting everything ship shape and it seems we’ll be aiming for Spain just…

Week 10 – Sitka and South

Monday June 17. With gear to fix, the AP1 to pick up, we decided to head over to
Sitka and needed to time the Sergius Narrows for a noon transit. So Kurt was up and
out early to pick up the crab pots. There were three keepers. Next he and I went
out …

Week 10 – Sitka and South

Monday June 17. With gear to fix, the AP1 to pick up, we decided to head over to Sitka and needed to time the Sergius Narrows for a noon transit. So Kurt was up and out early to pick up the crab pots. There were three keepers. Next he and I went out an…

Licata # 1

Bonne nuit,
   Randal and I finished our very limited road tripping around Tunisia today and I think we are a bit “tripped out.”   Where once we might have fought the traffic and confusion and hawkers, yesterday and today we jus…