14 Jun 23

We both woke up before 06:00, thinking about getting ready to go by 07:00, to catch the tide. The mooring lines were slipped at 06:50 and we motored out of Walker Cove and back into the east part of Behm Canal, headed NW. Although it was blustery inside the cove, out in the channel, it was only blowing 8-10 knots, although it was on the nose all day long, even as we made a 95 degree turn at Point Whaley and headed down the west arm of the Behm Canal. About an hour after the turn, we passed “Carisma” headed the other way. We chatted with them on the VHF for a few minutes; sounds like they have been having a good time. We were headed generally in the direction of Yes Bay, but decided on a whim to check out Bailey Bay, which has a USFS mooring ball and reportedly a good walk up to Lake Shelokum. We picked up the ball without incident at 14:00 and almost immediately headed up the trail toward the lake. This trail is in much better shape than the Punchbowl Lake trail, at least partially due to the good work of a crew of a couple of USFS rangers and a group of Sierra Club volunteers, all of whom are rebuilding the trail over the next two weeks. Unfortunately, there is one creek to ford and although the crew had strung a good safety rope to hold onto, there was no way to get across without getting our feet wet. Since we were not wearing knee boots, we turned around and headed back down the trail. While we were stopped chatting with the work crew, we were fairly attacked by gnats or something; I don[’t think I got bitten by mosquitos, but they were definitely swarming around our faces. Most irritating; I think we will be investing in mosquito netting head covers at our next port of call. When we got back to the beach, the dingy was 6 feet above and 30 feet away from the water. Fortunately, we were able to get the wheels under it and push it down to the water’s edge without too much trouble. We were back on the boat by 16:00. The wind was still whistling up Bailey Bay when we got back, but we are nice and secure on the new mooring ball; the USFS guy mentioned that they had just replaced all the Misty Fjord mooring balls, ground tackle and zincs this spring, so they are all strong and robust - I’ll sleep very well with this information in hand.

55-58.465’N, 131-37.225’W; Log = 44.2, Sum = 986.2; Eng. hrs. = 6.6, Sum = 3268.9