19 Jul 23

We were up shortly after 07:00 and had the hook up by 08:20. After departing Blue Mouse Cove, we went straight across the bay and stuck our nose in Tidal Inlet. Although this is a pretty inlet, there were no glaciers and it was raining and foggy, so we could not see much, so we soon turned around and worked our way south to Lone Island, which is a bird sanctuary. We could not see much in the way of interesting birds there, so we moved on to S. Marble Island, which has a population of nesting puffins and is a popular haul-out location for Stellar sea lions. We spent about 45 minutes just drifting and watching the wildlife. Then, we motored on to N. Sandy Island cove, where we anchored at 13:23 and settled in for the afternoon. This is a beautiful cove and one of the most popular anchorages in Glacier Bay NP, but we were the only ones here in the early afternoon. We spent the afternoon chilling and listening to music and getting ready for tomorrow’s 55-mile trip to Muir Inlet and back; there are no anchorages between here and Muir Inlet. It rained most of the afternoon, but we were comfortably warm and dry inside our cockpit enclosure. About 15:00, we heard a couple of wolves howling, apparently on the hunt, but we did not see them. They howled again briefly about 17:30, but again, we did not see them. After dinner, Ashley and I played mandolin and guitar, respectively, and sang a bunch of songs; she has got remarkably good in just the last week. Can’t wait until next year. About 19:00, “Sea Wolf” came into the bay and anchored near us. They did not, however, invite us over to play for them and share their whiskey, to compensate for our having to listen to their generator for 3 hours. Sigh.. Early to bed to be ready for tomorrow’s long run up to Muir Inlet and back.

58-43.207’N, 135-59.017’W; Log 30.4, Sum = 1606.7; Eng. hrs = 5.3, Sum = 3369.3