The morning of June 3 leaving Khutze Inlet, sea foam in anchorage
June 3 - June 6, 2023
We left the anchorage at Khutze Inlet early am June 3, 2023, to head to Prince Rupert. The mornings have such a mystical feel to them. The lighting, the mist, and the glassy water that is reflective of the horizon scene. It has been delightful in the mornings anticipating the tranquility of it all.
When we left a total of 4 boats were left in the anchorage. A large ketch, a smaller sailboat, and 2 other motorboats. Our exit was filled with some lovely morning views.
The passage to Prince Rupert was uneventful until you start to get more traffic. Commercial traffic is a concern with big tankers, cruise ships, and tugs. We had the LOVE BOAT :) Princess Cruiser lines follow us into the channel. I did like watching the TV show: The Love Boat, as I was growing up, it was a break before homework time- hee hee! Isaac, Julie.... like old friends...
When we arrived and were just outside the marina the winds were Honking!!! Ugh, such a mellow passage and then docking anxiety. Yuck! Luckily it was side tie and Sam, the young guy, working at the Cowbay marina gratefully came out to assist us with lines. He really does not know anything about boats or marinas but has a big smile on his face and later admits he just started working there 2 weeks ago. I am guessing this is his summer job. He was very professional and polite and again very refreshing, in all our interactions with these young 20-year-old Canadians.
We eventually got settled in and already met some dock neighbors. Travis is a single-hander from Oregon. His boat's name is Invictus, a 38 Nor'wester, Nick, and his girlfriend, across the dock, on a 38 Spencer sailboat, and Misty Blue, Ken, and Ruth pulled in. Misty Blue are the folks we met way back in Blunder Harbor ( before Cape Caution crossing ). Stephen and I like to tease and say, "Well, now we live in Prince Rupert." It is fun to change your location but keep your house so to speak. We did a little walk about town to get a lay of the land and eventually found a place to get some dinner.
The town truly just has a strip of shops for tourism that is adjacent to the marina. The town proper is less boutique-like and just local businesses/ restaurants line the few streets. There is a Tim Hortons, Safeway, BC liquor store, chandlery, laundry, and banks. All we need! We did not even visit Tim:) These are our main port stops and checkboxes were checked Also, propane is easily refilled here.
Again, all interactions with folks on the street are super friendly and helpful. I even met a lovely tribal man at the laundromat who had of history of being taken away from his family, forced to speak English and learn religion being pushed on him by the White Man. He is now 67 but this was his adolescent years. As we know, these stories are horrific and true. Children who were beaten, raped, and killed all because of a group of people who think they are superior and know best! It was a brief interaction, but one I hold dear and always remember! His stories and his Native beliefs that this Earth belongs to no one but to Everyone are shared by Stephen and me, no matter how utopian that may seem. And where he lives? ... he shows me by tapping his heart with the palm of his hand.
We will leave on Tuesday, June 6, 2023, in the early am as the weather forecast for the Dixon East Entrance is safe for transit. Tonight we will enjoy a dinner with Ruth and Ken, from Misty Blue, at the local fish joint called Dolly's Fish Market.
Some local history... This is the exact dock on which our marina is off at CowBay.
2 comments:
Looks spectacular !!
Amazing adventures!!
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