Turnbull Cove is essentially our "turning point" for this cruise. It marks our most northerly point, at just shy of 52 degrees North latitude. We'll make it past 127 degrees west longitude in a couple of days when we visit Jennis Bay in Drury Inlet.

Before leaving Laura Cove this morning, we retrieved the shrimp pot and were pleased to find 32 big prawns that had invited themselves to dinner. A combination of deep water and the special stinky bait we bought at Lagoon Cove did the trick.

Turnbull Cove is a surprisingly large bay with lots of room for lots of boats. We anchored in about 40 feet a long way from anyone else. From our anchorage, the place looked completely landlocked and it was easy to imagine we were anchored in a lake. While John and Collin investigated the fishing, I took the dinghy over to investigate Roaringhole Rapids, which was running at strength. It was impressive, though it reminded me more of places like Von Donop Lagoon and Squirrel Cove Lagoonâ€"not as big and powerful as Okisollo Channel. Still, you'd not want to mess with it in anything but a dinghy.

The fishing proved futile but the shrimp pot got us another dozen prawns. We took a layday at Turnbull and hiked to Huaskin Lake.
(see picture) The folks who developed the trail obviously subscribed to the philosophy of "the shortest distance between two points is a straight line." The trail goes straight up and straight down, though the descent to the lake is aided by stairs carved into a log. The lake was pretty but COLD. Only John was brave (foolish?) enough to try swimming.