Our son and daughter joined us in Port McNeill on Aug. 18th to celebrate Dante's birthday and explore the Broughton Archipelago. We crossed Queen Charlotte Strait and entered the Broughtons through Wells Passage to Sullivan Bay. We celebrated Dante's 41st Birthday with a home cooked feast of all of his favorites.
We continued up Grappler Sound through Kenneth Pass to the solitude of Turnbill Cove.
Our travels took us through Sutlej Channel past Kingcome Inlet to Shawl Bay. We visited Echo Bay and enjoyed a wonderful pig roast at Pierre's Marina. Our visit would not have been complete without a visit to Billy Proctor's museum. We took the dinghy to the head of Viner Sound where we viewed and photographed a black bear on the shoreline digging for shellfish. We continued on to Johnstone Strait to view the rubbing beaches of Robson Bight. Dante and Deborah delighted in the viewing of Orcas, Humpbacks, dolphins, porpoise, seals and a myriad of sea birds and eagles. Dante's powerful camera lenses captured the antics of the wonderful creatures. We experienced indescribable natural beauty of the marine landscape. Our weather was varied which added incredible skies full of bellowing clouds with an occasional rainbow. We explored the old First Nations Villages and photographed ancient pictographs on the steep walls of the inlets. We explored Bond Sound in search of Grizzly Bears but was too early for the salmon runs of the Ahta River. We visited Kwatsi Bay one of our favorite places on Earth. Dante navigated the narrow entrance to Booker Lagoon while Louie stood watch on the bow searching for shallows and rocks in the pouring rain. We enjoyed the solitude of anchoring in wonderful coves and bays. We also enjoyed socializing at the friendly marinas "Happy Hours". We met many interesting and fun people. We dined on freshly caught crab and prawns. We enjoyed fresh baked bread,croissants and homemade gourmet pizza. On cold days we indulged in my "Chicken Soup" made from scratch. We had a variety of pastas such as brijole with fettucine, seafood linquini, ravioli with chicken sauce. We devoured fresh green beans with prosciutto and fresh broccoli with garlic and almonds. There were no limits to the enjoyment of our adventure!
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