Our Last Day at Eucott Bay?
October 7th (Monday)
The rain continued through the night, and in the morning at about 05:00 we started getting gusts of wind. The gusts of the passing cold front lasted until 11:00, and then the clouds began to part.
The mountain to our southwest seemed to catch every cloud that went by. The clouds would build and build, and then spill over the mountain to our side. Along with most of the clouds would come a gust of wind, then rain, and sometimes as the shower stopped another gust would come. The sun kept peeking out with lots of blue sky all around, and then the next build-up of clouds would spill over the mountain, and it would all repeat.The rain continued through the night, and in the morning at about 05:00 we started getting gusts of wind. The gusts of the passing cold front lasted until 11:00, and then the clouds began to part.
We spent the morning doing cleaning on the boat. It had been a while since we gave the cockpit a good clean, and when we came home wet from the bush yesterday we brought back a lot of forest debris. I worked on cleaning it all up, and giving the cockpit a scrub, while we finished drying all of our stuff out with another roaring fire.
After lunch we went to the hot springs. We both made use of the bathtub for a full scrub, and relished in the soaking pool. If the weather is good tomorrow we plan to leave Eucott Bay, so this would be our last hot-water soak for a while.
For dinner we used some of our ground-goose meat, and made goose spaghetti with fresh biscuits. It was delicious. The goose meat, in ground form in pasta, was very similar to ground beef, but better; probably because we got the meat from the wild by ourselves. That seems to make everything better -- wild, fresh, and harvested ourselves.
The nice thing about leaving a good spot is that you can always come back to it. When all else fails and you need a good soak, you know where to go.
ReplyDeleteGlad to hear you enjoyed the bathtub! Our group of boaters installed it in Aug 2017. Unfortunately, it was 30C+ when we were there and the hottub did not have the same draw it would have in Oct!
ReplyDeleteThat is really neat that you guys installed the bathtub. Do you live on the central coast or were you just cruising through?
DeleteWe are from the Powell River, BC. One of the boats that we travelled with spearheaded the idea as he had been there in the past and the bathtub that was originally there was gone so he thought it should be replaced.
DeleteI am enjoying reading your adventures. We are considering going back to Calvert Island area again this summer. Maybe our paths will cross at some point. Enjoy Ocean Falls and say HI to Norman for me. I was supposed to track down an old girlfriend for him on Texada Island but I have forgotten her name!
Thats very neat! I am glad you are enjoying our blog :)
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