Exploring at Eucott Bay
September 14th (Saturday) After waking up on-and-off last night to the sound of the continuous pouring rain, we were surprised that it was quiet when we awoke in the morning. We were even more surprised to see some patches of blue sky. It was a beautiful morning as the sun rose above the mountains, and the morning light shone on the wet rock faces, making them shimmer. After doing some chores around the boat in the morning we headed up one of the streams in our kayaks. We paddled as far as we could and then pulled our kayaks up on the grassy shore and tied them off to a tree, as the tide was still coming in. We scared a group of ducks out of the grasses as we landed ashore. We followed the stream and had to cross it several times as it weaved back and forth. We saw several groups of salmon in the stream, and it had all of the perfect characteristics of a salmon spawning area. Coming around a bend in the stream we found a curious area that appeared to be an old or...