Today's sail from Ketchikan to Meyers Chuck was nothing short of a romp: sunshine and wind blowing from behind at 15-25 kts. It doesn't get much better. Frederic and Jake were dying to catch a king salmon, but trolling speeds were tough. It's hard to get Quijote to slow down.
Meyers Chuck is the kind of a place that makes you wonder what keeps it going. It's a lovely little community on a cove with a population of twenty full time residents, a US post office, a public dock and a trail to the edge of town. We arrived, dropped our anchor at a suitable distance from the float plane dock, and settled in to relax.
Half an hour later, a friendly gentleman motored his skiff over to tell us that the bottom of the bay can be foul in places. He's had to help at least one boater out whose chain got wrapped up in all the garbage at the bottom. But we're already anchored and it will either come up cleanly or it won't. Why fret about problems today when you can put them off until tomorrow?
Jake did another amazing job of making dinner tonight. His skill in the galley is nothing short of phenomenal. He and Frederic harvested some muscles off the beach this afternoon in their explorations, then brought them back to the boat, cleaned and cooked them up in a garlic cream sauce And served them up for dinner. Heavenly!
Meanwhile Frederic opted to plank a salmon filet on the BBQ. Unfortunately he shortcut the soaking process and ended up with a four alarm fire in the BBQ. The salmon was saved, but not the plank. Sorry Bob!
Tomorrow promises to be a long day as we intend to stop by the Anan Bear Observatory on the way and we have a lot of miles to put in, so we'll get an early start and probably arrive at Berg Bay late in the afternoon, From there it's only a fifteen mile day into Wrangell.
The plank is easily replaced!
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