Author Archives: watersprite

Monday August 6th Yesterday evening when we landed here in SE Alaska paradise  we decided to stay as long as this beautiful sunny weather does.  Slept in this morning, only getting out of the tent at 6:10 am to pee, … Continue reading →

Sunday August 5th We left Beautiful Boston island and headed North towards Fox point. Stopping along the way to collect water at stream located the day before on my gps. It was an amazing steep beach with giant round boulders … Continue reading →

Saturday August 4th The sun is out! I thought I was done with beautiful white shell sand beaches on this trip after Brown island in Smith Sound.  I was wrong. I am sitting propped up against a log using my … Continue reading →

Friday August 3rd 2012 9:15pm Tree Bluff. This past morning we left from Kitson island around 7:30 am in light fog. Used the GPS to navigate safely from islands and rocks, paddling quickly across the shipping lanes going into Port Rupert. … Continue reading →

Thursday August 2nd 2012. I caught a 10 – 15 pound Coho today, too heavy to lift up the net with one arm. We ate it this afternoon with a small portion of instant cheesy potatoes. My belly is very … Continue reading →

August 1st.   (Not that it matters out here.) Inside our tent weather. Courtesy of the Kestrel pocket weather tracker: Humidity 88.8%, Temp. 62.8 Barometer 1018.8 Yesterday’s miles on the water = 0 Miles covered walking on logs = 3 Hours … Continue reading →

1:00 pm Tuesday July 31st. July is not going out with a whimper here. The forecast was for a gale force SE winds building in the morning. We took down the tent and tarp, at breakfast, saw the white caps … Continue reading →

Monday July 30th. Awoke at 7:30 am, no early start since we wanted the tide and current change in our favor. So we slowly broke our camp up in the tree line and loaded our boats awaiting the tide. 57 … Continue reading →

Sunday July 29th Woke up early to get the tide and current we wanted. Packed up in the rain – everything is wet. Last night the clouds parted the sky was clear and we saw the growing Gibbous moon. Our … Continue reading →

Saturday morning July 28th, Butedale. As I wrote this I sat in the Butedale cottage sipping my instant mocha. A hot beverage in the morning is what keeps me sane and civilized when in the out of doors! Thank goodness … Continue reading →