July 19th

Catch up time today with internet avaiable now I will back date the post to catch everyone up with the trip so far.

After rowing back to the boat last night with a bit of a buzz from after pig booze on the Arista [80' boat] I pulled up to my home for the last month. Make the rounds and notice that the anchor line is straight up and down due to the huge tide 15.5 high at 11:30 pm. I let out a bit of line to keep the chain on the bottom so the hook stays hooked up over night which in turn changes my swing with the extra line out. Out comes the new anchor and line for a stern hook to keep me from swinging. Of course it is dark by this time and I do have a bit of a buzz; out I row with the anchor in the dingy drop the hook and set it. Tie it off and then hit the rack only to wake a couple of hours later to the sound of water trickling [not a normal sound on my boat]. I notice on the way to the head that I am walking up hill as the outdrive is stuck in the muck and the ass end of the boat is about a foot higher allowing water through the scuppers filling my storage space and back filling the motor well [the trickling]. Lowered the out drive stopping the inflow by this time the tide was already on its way in and still early so all boats were not able to witness this.

Pulled out of Echo Bay and headed over to Shoal Harbor to drop a hook and slip back in to bed for a wee little nap and reading.

Got up made some JO and then headed over to Billys musuem to check it out. He has been in these parts his entire life [77 years] scratching out a living fishing, logging, running a sawmill and being the mayor of his island.

Late in the day I took a trip with a Nicky who spent 600 days living out and off the land the way the First Nations did. She was dropped off with just a couple of pans, the clothes on her and in her day pack, and a row boat. After the first month of starving she was able to turn things around and really start to live off the land. So now she takes folks out on nature tours and depending on what your intrest are she caters the trip to your likes. I wanted to learn what what could be eaten and how to collect these tid bits for meals.

This trip was great and after collecting tid bits she showed me how to start a fire with a bow and then cooked up a great meal. You can see pictures of the day on the link below.


http://picasaweb.google.com/snowandriver/July19th?authkey=Gv1sRgCNa654irvOnEVQ#



to be continued