A Very Rainy Day at Eucott Bay

September 13th (Friday)
It poured rain for most of the day, and when it wasn't pouring it was still raining. In the morning the other three boats that were here left, so we had the place to ourselves. 
We went ashore for a soak, and I decided to drain and refill the bathtub. Once it was refilled, I had a bath and washed my hair. Pretty luxurious to not only have a hot spring pool to soak in, but also to have a bathtub to wash in, and then to be able to drain the water. While we were soaking it sure did rain, and since the pool was under a deciduous tree the drops were even bigger landing in the pool. The largest of the drops made bubbles that sat momentarily on the surface before disappearing. 
Raindrops on the hot spring pool.

Floating on my back in the pool I could feel every cold raindrop that landed on my exposed skin, it felt quite neat. Standing up in the pool to cool off a bit, we enjoyed the rain and sporadic gusts of wind. It was very lovely.
From the hot spring in the morning we could clearly see ten massive waterfalls thundering down the rock faces.  Although we could clearly hear the trickle of hot water flowing into the pool, and the raindrops landing in it, the primary sound was the constant roar of the many waterfalls. It was amazing to think how much water was thundering down the mountains.
Back at home, after lunch, we bundled up and put on our rain armour, and went out kayaking. We were curious to explore the shoreline at high tide. 
Kayaking in the rain.

We explored, as far up the many streams and rivers as we could and saw many eagles, gulls, geese, herons, and salmon. Many of the salmon still seemed to be waiting to go up the rivers to spawn, but many more were already rotting on shore. When it was not windy the smell of rotten salmon was ever lingering in the air. 
Back at home Jason made us a delicious fish chowder with rockfish, salmon, and kelp greenling. We heated up some bread and butter to go with it, and enjoyed a soul-warming meal while listening to the pouring rain.

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