The Broughton’s

First night after Port McNeill we stopped at Mound Island for one night. It was a foggy motor in the morning.

Beautiful sunny day after the morning fog burned off.

The sailboat we saw was one of the Pacific Star’s we saw last summer leaving from Bull Harbour the same time we left.

The next stop was supposed to be Monday Anchorage in the Broughton Archipelago Marine park but it was occupied by sailboat. So went to Joe’s Cove which was close by. We’ve never been there before.

It was a bit breezy where we anchored. We should have gone in a bit further but we were only there for one night.

We couldn’t decide what we wanted to do next. Jim wanted to try to get some more prawns. He remembered that someone had mentioned that Booker Lagoon was really good for prawns. The problem with Booker Lagoon is it had a very narrow entry and needed to be entered on slack water. It was just 8 miles and we were ready to go for the morning Low Water slack. The tide was very low and it was very foggy. No photos as I was on bow watch !

We saw a Kadey Krogen Whaleback in the Anchorage. We chatted with them a bit on the radio. They left on the afternoon high water slack. I didn’t get a photo of them but when they were leaving they took a photo of Jim and I waving to them. They sent us the photo just after they left. The joys of Starlink!

Another Kadey Krogen came in as the first one left. They are a couple we have met before. We chatted with them quite a bit by email and text message. They were just returning from a trip to Alaska. They enjoyed Alaska but said it was cold and wet. That’s the summer weather up here ! Anything north of Port Hardy is mostly cold and wet ! And now it’s foggy.

They pointed out some bears on the beach.

We put down the prawn pots. It was a bit of a bust. Mostly humpback shrimp and maybe 3 prawns. So we only stayed one night in Booker Lagoon.

We left late in the day on the afternoon High Water slack. Again – not sure where we wanted to go. At least it wasn’t as foggy on the way out as it was on the way in. The fog usually lifts in the afternoon.

We ended up going into Lady Boot Cove about an hour away.

A very lovely little spot !

Lilly spends most of her time in Jim’s chair. As soon as he gets just she jumps into the chair. He usually kicks her out. But he’s sort of given up now !