14 -16 July 2010
We left our home in Browning Inlet today. The early morning weather report called for a calm morning, we watched a neighboring sailboat down the inlet pull up anchor and head out, and we followed suit. The ocean pushed us southwards towards the Kyuquot Sound and we acquiesced.
The west side of Vancouver Island is extremely rugged and isolated. There are few towns here. No cell phone towers, and roads are unheard of (and not seen, either). The coastline is broken into segments by large bays and inlets that seem to be around every point. We see boats...lots of boats, large and small. The small ones are trailered from the east side of the island by sportsfishermen. Sailboats dot the waterways. They are more like us in their tastes. They travel slowly and prefer anchoring in scenic coves to the hub-bub of a marina. Yachts, both large and small, show themselves in our remote anchorages when the weather becomes less than amiable.
We anchored in Queens's Cove just at the entrance to Esperanza Inlet. There are sm
all houses on the shore (that we later learn belong to a fishing camp), but they are vacant. It was a quiet night. We swayed on the hook a bit in the wind, but our anchor held firm. The morning is foggy and calm. I had never imagined that I would ever see a tidal waterfall, but here it is! When we had pulled into the cove at high tide, the top of the waterfall was equal to that of our cove. At low water it all came tumbling down...We plan to venture further into the inlet, which traverses behind Nootka Island, saving us a trip out to open water for a time. There are a few small towns inside the passage so our hope is to find civilization...catch up on business and let the world know that we are alive and
well. We found a simple civilization here in Tahsis. And yet, we are still on the fringe...This is the most delightful place I believe that I have ever been to! Altho the town has dwindled from 3000 residents to a mere 300. It still has a culture and European flare all it's own. The winds had come down from the mountains to the east our first day in...then from the coast (west)...now there is a calm. Of all of the marina's that we have stopped in from our travels from southern California...this is hands down my favorite! (sorry Santa Barbara...)
We left our home in Browning Inlet today. The early morning weather report called for a calm morning, we watched a neighboring sailboat down the inlet pull up anchor and head out, and we followed suit. The ocean pushed us southwards towards the Kyuquot Sound and we acquiesced.
The west side of Vancouver Island is extremely rugged and isolated. There are few towns here. No cell phone towers, and roads are unheard of (and not seen, either). The coastline is broken into segments by large bays and inlets that seem to be around every point. We see boats...lots of boats, large and small. The small ones are trailered from the east side of the island by sportsfishermen. Sailboats dot the waterways. They are more like us in their tastes. They travel slowly and prefer anchoring in scenic coves to the hub-bub of a marina. Yachts, both large and small, show themselves in our remote anchorages when the weather becomes less than amiable.
We anchored in Queens's Cove just at the entrance to Esperanza Inlet. There are sm
all houses on the shore (that we later learn belong to a fishing camp), but they are vacant. It was a quiet night. We swayed on the hook a bit in the wind, but our anchor held firm. The morning is foggy and calm. I had never imagined that I would ever see a tidal waterfall, but here it is! When we had pulled into the cove at high tide, the top of the waterfall was equal to that of our cove. At low water it all came tumbling down...We plan to venture further into the inlet, which traverses behind Nootka Island, saving us a trip out to open water for a time. There are a few small towns inside the passage so our hope is to find civilization...catch up on business and let the world know that we are alive and
well. We found a simple civilization here in Tahsis. And yet, we are still on the fringe...This is the most delightful place I believe that I have ever been to! Altho the town has dwindled from 3000 residents to a mere 300. It still has a culture and European flare all it's own. The winds had come down from the mountains to the east our first day in...then from the coast (west)...now there is a calm. Of all of the marina's that we have stopped in from our travels from southern California...this is hands down my favorite! (sorry Santa Barbara...)
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