We so appreciated those showers and laundry a couple of days ago, but water is running low with three days remaining until we reach Juneau. We're beginning to regret the lavish showers. But only a little.
It's hard to know how quickly six people will go through 110 gallons of water unless you learn from direct experience. I think I could have done a better job of emphasizing how limited our water resource is, but that's all water under the bridge, so to speak.
We have three gallons of bottled drinking water, a gallon or so of ice that will melt into clean water, and an unknown quantity of water in the tank with a gauge that says it has none. I'm not sure what is up with that water gauge. It works, sort of, but it doesn't reflect the linear water usage. It says full until the tank is empty and then it says empty. I'm going to have to have a look at that after I return. It's kind of important to know how much water you have before you run out.
Now we have an abbreviated cruising plan for getting us to Juneau. Instead of going across Stevens Passage on day one, up Tracy Arm on day two, up to Taku Harbor on day three, and into Juneau on day four; we will cross Stephens Passage and go up Tracy Arm on (a long) day one, then skip Taku Harbor and go into Juneau on day two. That should get us there with what little water we have left. There was some discussion and support for going all the way into Juneau tomorrow to fill the tanks and head back out, but that kind of slog doesn't appeal to everyone.
The weather may have something to say about our plans as well. The seas this morning are calm but we can see weather moving in from a distance. Winter is coming.
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