Exploring East of Berry Inlet
October 27th (Sunday) Pink wisps of clouds greeted me in the morning when I went up into the cockpit. It was a crisp and beautiful morning, and an autumn mist lay over the still water. We packed a picnic lunch and headed out for a day of exploring. We decided to explore to the east of our anchorage, and would go to the west the following day. We planed along over glassy, calm water and went a short distance up Spiller Channel to Tankeeah River. There was a long stretch of tidal water that dried at low tide that went up to the river. Because it was around high tide we were able to motor all the way up. The closer we got to the river the more foam there was floating on the water. Lines of bubbles drifted into squiggly shapes and patterns with the water’s current. There was evidence of the last high tide that had left foam stuck in tree branches, and piled high and dry against fallen logs. At the end, where the river ran in, there was a buoy tied to a stump, and we pulled ashore to ...