Tenakee Springs Rainy Reprise

The weather was overcast, but calm as we awakened in the anchorage at Moser Island. Checking the prawn pots, we found 6 dozen large spot prawns, which set the menu for dinner this evening.

Heading out, we retraced our path to Tenakee Springs, arriving at 1600 after 64 nautical miles, with the log now at 1932 nautical miles. The marina was fairly full, but by squeezing in, we found a spot, the same spot as the last two times. We are moored across the dock from "Ocean Spirit", owned by John Lunde, who grew up in Ballard. We were across the fairway from "Lightwave", a large 72 foot Cheoy Lee owned by Jim Hirschfield, who lives in Newport Shores, and whose son, Casey, was in the same Boy Scout troop as our sons. Small World!!!

Dinner was garlic prawns, pasta with alfredo sauce, roasted asparagus and salad. We only thought we were done. The crew of "Ocean Spirit" gave us crab and smoked white king salmon. It was time to soak in the hot springs and then fade away for the night.

The fishing boat behind us, "Marshall Tito" from Bellingham, was the boat we traded Halibut for Glacier Bay ice three years ago. The world continues to shrink.

We woke the next morning to heavy rain, which is forecast for the next week or more. We are glad we decided to spend a few days here in Tenakee Springs.

The heavy rain and wind continued unabated all day, but Patrick checked the crab pots and we had our legal limit of large (8-9 inches) Dungeness crabs, so we gave the excess to the two fishing boats to payback their largess the night before. The trip to the crab pots was interesting as Patrick had to dodge several whales to get back, along with some choppy seas from the wind, while Miriam and Ruth watched through the binoculars. The whales have been very active in the inlet today. The two fishing boats had set pots also, but came up with no crab. We apparently had a better location. We spent much of the rainy day cooking and picking the crab before sitting down to a dinner of crab and prawn salad, lasagna, and freshly baked sourdough French bread.

We also set a new record, watching three movies during the day without falling asleep, before a final soak in the hot springs after dinner (men only). The weather has apparently blanked out our remaining TV satellite signal, since it worked yesterday in clear weather.

It rained all night without letting up at all. The fishing boats all left at first light for a 15 hour fishery on Thursday close to our next destination, so we may see them again. We are going to try Takatz Bay rather than Baranof Hot Springs, and then to Red Bluff Bay.

We leave in a few minutes and do not expect internet service until Petersburg on June 29.