Dead Point Anchorage

The next anchorage we stayed at was Dead Point on Harbledown Island. We had never anchored up there before. It was a pretty little spot. Definitely would go back there again. There was some trails on the island for walking. Although we did not find the one trail we were looking for we did get off the boat and go for a short walk.

We had some excitement the next morning. While we were drinking our morning coffee we saw two eagles attacking a Blue Heron. The heron was in the water and to two eagles were dive bombing him and were surely going to kill him. Not really wanting to watch a couple of eagles murder a heron Jim yelled really loudly and scared the eagles off. The heron then flew directly to our boat. The heron was pretty wet and could barely fly but managed to first get close to the back of the boat and fell in the water. He then manage to get himself to the railing of the boat.

He sat on the railing of the boat for about 30 minutes or so. Drying off. He vomited up his morning meal of fish. We just let him rest.

After about 1/2 hour he flew off but did not go very far. He was still a little weak and the eagles were still hanging around. He flew right back to the boat and sat up on the boat deck – on top of the Life Sling. He stayed there for another 1/2 hour to 45 minutes. He then moved a little further up the boat deck. By then he was pretty dry. And pretty strong. I opened the door to check on him and when flew off with confidence. We saw an eagle fly after him but then give up and turn around. We were very pleased! We pulled the anchor after he left.