Canada is full of hideaway coves and lagoons but its nice to get back to civilization once in awhile. Believe me, they are few and far apart here in Northern Canada. We have gone 1000 miles since Sitka, AK, our entry after the 16 day sail from Hawaii. We've gone 486 miles from Coffman Cove, AK and we still have miles to go before we sleep...

We've had our share of rain but have managed to go out during just cloudy times. We had thunder and lightning and were sure we would get drenched motoring back to our dinghy after our meal at Shearwater with Steve and Elsie off Osprey from our Puget Sound Cruising Club. It was a busy Saturday night so our meal took hours but at least the rain stopped before we returned to our boats.

Shearwater has a regular marina but it was jammed full so for $20 we tied to a breakwater and got wi fi from the boat plus could tie up to do laundry and showers. They have a great facility. $6 for a huge load of laundry then I did $3 to dry but when I tried to add more quarters, it jammed so the clothes were hung up back on the boat. Thankfully we took them all in before we went to dinner or they would have been soaked all the way through with the downpour. Osprey anchored out but it wasn't much further than the breakwater.

We checked out their marina supply store and their grocery store. Elsie said she took the bus to Bella Bella and was happy with the larger grocery store there. Loved all their artwork around the marina!