We slept in this morning and had coffee watching the sun come up over the steep fjord walls, not hitting the dock and boat until 10 AM.
Next up: a hike up the Trapper’s Cabin Trail. This trail was described by various sources as 2 hours, one-way, and very strenuous. This being a “down” day, we only did about half of it. A good work out going uphill and some careful footwork on the downhill side.
This was the so-called trail, marked by orange plastic ribbons every 100 – 200 feet or so!
We returned to dock, then rewarded ourselves with a beer and a short nap -- slackers, huh?
For the afternoon we dropped the tender in the water and took a little rowing tour of the vicinity. Waterfalls are everywhere in the Princess Louisa Inlet.
There were lots of seals in the water, all of whom disappeared as soon as we reached for the camera.
We returned to the dock around 5, and shared cocktail hour with our neighbors, Bob and Kathleen from Camano Island, retired for bbq dinner at 7, and are now settled in with a glass of wine and our books.
We will also note that when a spot opened up at the far end of the dock (opposite end from where the seaplanes dock), we moved. Not only did this get us out of the path of incoming or outgoing seaplanes, but left us with no foot traffic passing by us. This afforded a first opportunity to try out our “black bag shower” (common for sailors, not so much for motor vessels) while standing on the swim step of our boat. It worked great, and since the weather has been sunny with high temps in the 80s, we certainly need our daily shower. Not a bad day!
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