Today we need to make some distance through Peril Strait towards Sitka. It’s about 70 miles from Red Bluff to get to the Sitka side of Sergius Narrows. Slack at the Narrows occurs at 6:30pm so it will be a long day. We do want to get …
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MONDAY JUNE 4TH, 2012
This picture is taken from the back of our boat. It is where the Illinois River meets the Mississippi. The majority of Loopers take a left at this point and head downriver. But we take a hard right, and after so many, many months have our nose pointed …
#21 – Up Current to Red Bluff Bay.
Of course once inside the inner Bay of Pillars, a high tide is needed to exit. Today’s high tide begins at 2PM, an hour later than yesterdays so we will need to postpone our departure until then. The Douglass Guidebook says the current…
SUNDAY JUNE 3RD, 2012
Ross and Mark were awake early so they got us underway. The queens were allowed to sleep in! But the queens knew enough to get up before the kings drank all the coffee. The river surface was like glass. All seemed peaceful as we sipped our coffee…
Plane Time by Bear
Have you ever been in a bi-plane? Dad and I went today. It was amazing! It was a bi-plane on floats called The Red Baron, like theRed Baron (the flying legend)!The plane was a Grumann G-164 Agcat with a Pratt and Whitney 450 HP engine. It was built in…
Heading North 2012
June 4, 2012Well, here we are again, back in California visiting with our family. We have one granddaughter graduating from college and one graduating from high school. It’s hard to believe that they are getting that old and we continue to stay the sam…
The First Leg North
On Anchor
Location: Bahia Santa Maria on the west coast of Baja California Sur
LATITUDE: 24-46.54N
LONGITUDE: 112-15.35W
It seems that the weather god on duty Friday night for Cabo Falso did not care for our sacrifice of rum and he/she cranked up the …
SATURDAY JUNE 2ND, 2012
Our friends the Heimers arrived this morning. They drove from Minnesota and will travel with us the rest of the trip home. Kirk left for home in their car. Worked out pretty slick.Pretty quiet on the river today for the most part.Our one bit of excitem…
#20 – The Bay of Pillars
After filling the water tanks and adding another few items of provisioning last evening, we were ready to go at 6am. The early departure means we can transit the Pillar Bay Narrows entrance near high tide of 1PM. High tide doesn’t neces…
#19 – Rocky Pass to Big John Bay, Hamilton Bay or Kake
We have a lunch date with the high tide at the Summit of Rocky Pass. That translates to high slack water occurs in the middle of Rocky pass at 12:30PM and it’s best not to be late! So we pull the traps early harvesting 8 large male crabs an…
