We made it! Ginger joined me in Prince Rupert on the 10th, on schedule. Forecasts were for continued gales with occasional storm force winds but we were getting itchy to go. We left Prince Rupert on the 11th at 1110hrs and headed out Venn Passage, north. The weather turned out to be excellent for the most part. We got to a point where we needed to make a decision whether to cross Portland Canal or not. Portland Canal is a particularly difficult crossing and is part of the Dixon Entrance crossing which is one of top biggest crossings on this trip. We crossed and dropped anchor in Wales Harbour on Wales Island just about 1/2 mile from the US/Canadian border. (N 54 degrees 45.258' W 130 degrees 35.786').
One photo is of the anchorage entrance at Wales, where we were the only boat. This was a 40nm day.
The other photos are of Ketchikan, Alaska taken this morning. (N 55 degrees 20.359' W 131 degrees 38.518'). This was a 61nm day. 101nm in two days, now we are at 699nm. Hard to believe this incredible sunshine in a place that gets over 160 inches of precip a year! There currently are three huge cruise ships here, that I can see. There also is a crab boat from the series Deadliest Catch. Sea Star from Seattle
Time to hit the town to get some errands done and act like tourists! I will fill in some blanks when we have a chance.
This connection is not good enough to upload a photo at the present time so I will add them when I can.
2 comments:
Congratulations Frank! I cannot believe you're already there. I'm looking forward to more photos.
Hi Ginger!!! I'm so happy to hear you two met up - without a hitch, from the lack of details - whoo hoo! I know you and Frank will have the time of your lives! Enjoy!
~Gigi
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