Joe Cove, Port McNeil and the South Broughton's

Well it's been a few days. We left Booker Lagoon and made our way to Joe Cove on Eden Island. We (ok I) decided to be lazy and not put the motor on the dinghy so we went for a rowing tour of the cove. The log raft is still there and by dinner, there was 3 boats tied up to it. Again, another beautiful anchorage. We tried to find the path that connect to the East Eden but gave up after a bit. It looked like a tree had come down at the end of the cove where you connected to the path and we couldn't get past it (well not without some effort). The next day we left early to catch as much of the tide as we could and made our way to Port McNeil. Laundry etc as well as my parents who were meeting us there the next day (the 16th). For those who have not been, a great little town and the people are all very welcoming of visiting boaters. The transient moorage was about 3/4 full with, mostly with boats working their way north to Alaska. My folks showed up mid afternoon and we left the next morning for the South Broughton's. We anchored at Crease Island. Once again, we put the crab trap in and this morning, once again, I pulled up a monstrous sun star wrapped around the bait bag like it was the last supper. My dad urged me to drop it in for another hour while we got ready to leave and what do you know, we actually got enough crab for a crab pasta tonight. We went a couple of miles to Village Island to explore the abandoned settlement there and to try and find some of the old totem poles that are supposed to be around. The bush was quite thick and the bear signs were numerous (OK, lots of big piles of bear poo!) and fresh so we chickened out. We ended up and Mound Bay and are sitting listening to the light rain and SE winds as it gusts occasionally through the rigging. Tomorrow, Alert Bay and then back to Port McNeil to drop the folks off.

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