Lake Malaren is the third largest in Sweden, stretching 64 nm west from Stockholm. The lake is accessible from the Baltic via locks at Sodertalje, where we toured the Scania manufacturing plant, and at Stockholm. The path through Lake Malaren via these two locks provided a scenic and convenient shortcut for our 100-mile trip from…
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Aug. 17 – Chimney Bluffs State Park
“Keep close to Nature’s heart… and break clear away, once in awhile, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your spirit clean.” -John Muir
On Saturday we finally got a nice day to explore and hike at Chimney Bluffs State Park. High water in Lake Ontario this past spring made hiking along the beach impossible, but today we were able to hike the beach and the Bluff Trail. We started with the beach and I was less than impressed…I guess my expectations were set too high. It was nice and I was glad we had come, but it just seemed like a rocky beach with cliffs that that weren’t too impressive…at least from the water. Well, all that changed as soon as we hiked to the top of the cliffs…the cliff definitely seemed higher and VERY impressive from the rim where we could have easily fallen off. The Bluff Trail gave us a wonderful view of the lake and an amazing look at the power of nature.
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South to Port McNeill
The journey south went smoothly with one pleasant surprise along the way. We chose the “outside-inside” route from Prince Rupert along Petrel and Principe Channels. Whale activity in Squally and Whale (I wonder how that name came about) Channels was brisk. During one early morning start to reach a fishing area for the first bite of the day, three or four whales came vertically out of the water 200-300 yards away in a tight column with mouths open gathering their breakfast of herring and other bait fish. Of course no photo was taken as it happened and ended so quickly. Lots of whale tails, however.
While in this area, I received an e-mail from friends Don & Natala saying that they would be flying in their float plane (see Echo Bay Aerodrome) in the area exploring lakes on the islands and could I suggest a possible rendezvous. After exchanging several satellite messages and phone calls we managed to work out a time and place. Amazingly, it all worked perfectly as though we had planned and rehearsed it in advance. It is a bit odd to look out the rear doors to the salon and see an airplane propeller 6 feet from your stern. The weather was calm and Don & Natala spent the night flying off the next day while we continued south at a more measured pace.
We fished our usual places along the route and caught six nice silver (aka, coho) salmon for the freezer. Our stay north of Cape Caution was abbreviated by a long range weather forecast for a period of windier conditions which would keep us from rounding Cape Caution. While not having a rigid schedule we weren’t willing to risk a prolonged delay to our journey south. Others had similar concerns as there were more than a dozen pleasure craft transiting Cape Caution along with us.
From here we’ll head into the Broughton’s for a few days before transiting the constrictions south of Johnstone Strait.
Cruising with Family
We are excited to have our niece and nephew, Courtney and Storm, join us in Petersburg for 10 days aboard Idyll Time. As a surprise present, we treated them to a tour and kayak adventure to LeConte Glacier with Scott of Tonga’s Kayak. This was their first visit to a glacier and even with the […]
Time for Maintenance
Several land based projects are standing in the way of any cruising plans this year, but it does look like we’ll be moving aboard soon. We’re renovating our home in Jupiter and having lived amidst that before – we’ll not do it not again. Our new home p…
Time and Maintenance
Several land based projects are standing in the way of any cruising plans this year, but it does look like we’ll be moving aboard soon. We’re renovating our home in Jupiter and having lived amidst that before – we’ll not do it again. Our new home port,…
Stockholm
From late June to early August, we spent a fabulous five weeks at Wasahamnen marina in downtown Stockholm. Wasahamnen is centrally located with great views to the Stockholm islands, convenient access to ferry and transit services, and is close to many restaurants and local attractions. It was definitely one of the more busy marinas we’d…
Our Condo on the Magnificent Mile
This article focuses on our unit at the 100 East Huron Residences, which is located at the corner of Michigan and Huron on Chicago’s Magnificent Mile. See the previous article for a description of our “neighborhood.”100 East Huron Street entrance100 Ea…
Our Home on Chicago’s Magnificent Mile
This article focuses on our unit at the 100 East Huron Residences, which is located at the corner of Michigan and Huron on Chicago’s Magnificent Mile. See the previous article for a description of our “neighborhood.”As always there’s a story to tell, w…
Stopping is the problem…
Red Head was splashed this week, but not before there was one last issue. After having the mufflers and exhausts on both engines worked on, a leak was discovered in the port muffler when Dad powered up the engines.
Red Head had to be towed from the haul-out well to the dock by a boatyard skiff – actually, two skiffs, one in front and one in back. While it was impressive to watch them get her underway, it was more impressive to watch them bring her up to the dock and stop her – with no damage to the people or the boat. A quick repair followed and she was ready to set off.
There’s been several days of cleaning boatyard slim off Red Head, a final run to the grocery store, and general tidying up. Tomorrow the crew looks forward to throwing off the lines and heading out.
