Santa Anna Inlet

Our Dall Porpoise Escort

After an uneventful, flat calm passage up Ernest Sound and Seward Passage, under overcast skies, we anchored in Santa Anna Inlet. Again, we were the only boat present. We launched the tender, which had a dead battery (we have discovered that the case is bulging and suspect it froze over the winter), we set the crab pots and hung a fishing line on the stern, in the unlikely event a bottom fish actually comes along and wants to eat the lure.

Most of the way up Ernest Sound we actually had cell phone coverage (2-4 bars). The satellite TV reception is getting sporadic, with the local channels on DirectTV Satellite 119 fading at Foggy Bay and the cable channels on Satellite 101 still working, but much more subject to blockage.

The crab pots were a complete bust. No crabs, just filled with large starfish munching on the chicken legs. The night was calm, with the sound of the waterfall the only noise, and the winds stayed below 5 knots all night.

We departed Santa Anna Inlet about 0930 and were treated to a number of Dall porpoise weaving back and forth in front of the bow. The weather continued to improve as we headed up Zimovia Strait to Wrangell.