A Short Time at Shearwater
July 23rd (Tuesday) We were up early and left Codville Lagoon at 05:30. It was a beautiful morning to be out on the water, although not the windy morning they had forecasted so we did not get to sail. On our way across Fisher Channel to Lama Passage we saw some large splashes in the distance. With the binoculars it became very clear that it was a whale. The whale was lifting its whole back end out of the water, almost vertical, before slapping its tail back down into the water. It did this over and over and over, lift and splash, lift and splash. I wish that we had been closer to see it, but even at a distance it was amazing to watch. When we got to Shearwater we anchored in the bay out front of the town, and spent the day doing chores. We did our shopping, filled up on our three fuels, dealt with all our stuff, and took in our recycling. Shearwater is the first place that has taken our recycling, except for beverage cans, without wanting to charge us. Shearwater just had a lar...