Cruising Adventures of the Red Witch

June 30th (Tuesday) Although it was mostly cloudy when we woke up, the forecast had been for sun, so we were optimistic that it would clear.  We inflated our kayaks and packed for an exploring, beach day.   We paddled out at 09:30 and made our way out of the inner basin area and into St John Harbour.     The wind was blowing fairly strongly from the Northwest so we had to fight it at first.     Once we were through the Back Door passage the wind was coming at us from the side and we made our way through the islands, staying on the lee sides as much as possible.     As we passed one grassy cove we saw two Sandhill Cranes, they walked up into the forest when they saw us so we wondered if they had a nest.     When Canada Geese are nesting they will walk up into the forest when they see us, it looks quite funny.     The wind was on our backs as we sailed our way through the last passageway on our way to the...

August 11th (Sunday)  This morning, after doing our Spanish, we headed out fishing. We went to our well-known spot of Main Guy Rock, which was now almost just outside of our anchorage. It was nice to have such a short trip out to go fishing as opposed to having to come all the way out from the main anchorage of Calvert Island, Pruth Bay. We lost our first jig to Main Guy, but considering how many fish we have gotten from that spot I don't feel so bad. Today we got one China Rockfish, four Dark Duskies, and one Lingcod. When we pulled up our crab trap on the way to the beach to deal with the fish we only had one small rock crab. After filleting the fish we put four carcasses into the trap and tried resetting it in a more outer and more open area, so we shall see.  When we got back home we had a good, and much needed, afternoon of boat cleaning. We gave the deck a very detailed scrubbing, using salt water of course. It has been a while since we have given it a scrub, and althou...