Pat was ready to start heading home after one more night. That made me sad but, vacations can’t last forever! We left Helmckyn island for Port Neville. It sounded good and was just a bit farther north. We got as far as Robber’s Roost in this long shallow inlet when the depth gauge read 8 feet and dropping. Despite slowing and turning as quickly as Patrick could, the depth gauge dropped to 2.8 feet. Arcturos has a 5 foot draft. It must have been light mud and muck at the bottom because the boat just kept going into deeper waters. Whew! The biting flies and logging views were what turned us around though. There was not much here to inspire. So since it was early, we picked another destination and headed South to Douglas Bay near Forward Harbour.
We found many boats in Douglas Bay but, there was plenty of room next to the channel. Douglas Bay is near the entrance and is very close to Whirlpool Narrows, a handy spot to wait for the slack tide in order to pass through. Bailey and I went ashore in the kayak and found no one else on the beach despite at least 20 boats at anchor. It was a nice gravel beach with a trail that led 10 minutes across the peninsula to another empty beach only this one was very shallow and in between the rocky parts of the beach was white sand! Shallow=Warm! Bailey and I have a game we both love. I throw sticks far into the water. We race to see who can get to it 1st. He is a happy dog when on land and doesn’t usually like to swim, unless there is a ball or stick involved or when he just has to as you will see in our next installment.
Holeinthewater 