Target Practice in the Woods

September 26th (Thursday)
We were pleasantly surprised to wake up to some blue sky. We had thought we would have another rainy day before getting nicer weather. After receiving the up-to-date weather faxes in the morning we decided it would probably be nice weather for the next three days. Fingers Crossed!  
When I first went out into the cockpit in the morning to look around I saw a black bear on shore. The tide was quite low and he was walking around the area by the river. What a nice treat to get to see him first thing in the morning.
Later in the morning we headed ashore and went hiking. We took the 22-caliber rifle in order to do some target practice shooting. We set up in the upper area of the forest where everything was very open. The trees were large and widely spaced, with little to no underbrush, so we were able to set up some longer shots than are normally possible in the places we find to shoot. We were shooting at 40 yards and 63 yards, and doing quite well I think. 
Jason taking aim at the target in the distance.

We were somewhat surprised that most of the small animals did not seem to mind our noise. The woodpeckers kept on pecking close by, the Stellar jays flew from tree to tree, and one very curious and super cute little squirrel came by to check us out.
On our way home we picked some Chanterelle mushrooms from a new patch that we found growing under the overhang of a giant boulder. Because of their location they were kept out of the pounding rain over the past few days, and so, were in great condition.
Back at our kayaks the tide was very low, so instead of risking walking out into what we now know is very soft and sinky mud, we carried our kayaks along the grassy shore to the hot springs where we knew the ground was firm. 

 By the time we got home it was just starting to rain, and we put it off to ourselves as just a passing shower. However, the shower lasted for three stormy hours, with periods of very heavy rain; so much for our trees drying out.
When we got back home we checked our depth sounder and we had 12' of water under us. We had already figured out that we would be okay where we were anchored, even at lowest low water, but at a zero tide we wouldn't have much water under us. It was funny to be anchored in just 12' of water after getting used to anchoring in 50 or 60'. One thing is for sure, it will be a lot easier on our windlass pulling up the anchor here. 

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