To Calvert and Microwave Mountain
August 27th (Tuesday) It was a rainy misty socked in morning, and very unmotivating. Eventually J and I went out to pull up our traps, and as we rounded the rock to where they should have been we were confused and worried as our buoys were nowhere to be found. We carried on a little further, and then stopped to examine the horizon. Unfortunately it was socked in and misty, and our visibility was terrible, but as we peered into the distance we momentarily caught sight of a tiny orange dot as it bobbed into view on the top of a swell. The swells also did not help us in our search as the timing to see anything had to be right, with us on the top of a swell at the same time as what we were looking for was on the top of a swell. We sped over towards what had looked like an orange speck, and were very happy to find that it was one of our buoys. It had been pulled, presumably by the current, into deeper water, but was luckily ab...