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Photo by Wrenny. She won the grand prize our county fair with it

Mel, I throughly enjoyed your tale of the passage through South Inian pass on your way to Pelican & sure glad you ended up making it through ok even though harrowing. We’ve come through there many times with much preferring to arrive very near slack tide or flood & most of the time did with...

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Foggy, Sea otters have made a huge comeback in Washington State since their reintroduction in 2004, however they are still listed as threatened. The otter in the case you linked is not a sea otter, but rather a river otter, which are quite common. Their antics can be quite amusing to watch...

Wrenny’s last entry Alaska Trip (Final Entry) Finished on- 8/6/24-8/7/24 This entry is extremely late and I apologize. You see I am a little bit of a perfectionist, when I started this entry I stalled out and was thinking everything had to be perfect. Yes this entry took over a month to write...

Gary, sure glad you have been enjoying reading about our adventures & following along on the InReach. It is an amazing devise & with unlimited text gave Wrenny & I almost instant contact, when desired, between her folks & JoLee, making the trip a lot easier on all. And yes, that 785 mile day...

Clay, that’s within $80 of what I payed for the Honda 60’s 5 years ago, but it did include rigging & no sales tax at Sportman. As you stated, I’m very satisfied with the Honda 60’s, but as you probably know, my first choice was the Tohatsu 60’s & only went with the Honda 60’s, as a 2nd choice...

June 24, 57 miles & June 25, 93 miles for total of 955 miles We are in Tracy Arm Cove tonight, following two wonderful days, since leaving Gambier Bay. So many past memories here, mostly of JoLee & my first few trips. One was coming through the Tracy Arm entry way in fast tidal currents &...

6-23-24 23 days on the water 77 miles today & 805 total Wonderful to be back in Petersburg even if it not the plan. Wrenny not feeling good & a bad headache limited our activities here & her writing, but still got all our shopping done, showers, trip to library & bookstore & a respectful visit...

Bob, yes way back on our first couple trips here, when I carried even more fuel then now & more of other stuff also, I learned more then trim tabs were needed & found the Permatrims made a huge difference with the Twin Honda 40’s. They still do with the 60’s. Before the Permatrims, when fully...

Cockpit fuel ect storage

Cockpit fuel ect storage

Good morning Colby. I’ve calculated a minimum of 80 usable gallons. In actuality 44 usable gal in the main tanks & 6, 6 gallon plastic containers that actually hold 6.5 gal, I have 83 gal & if needed another 3 gal that can be transferred from the Kaboat fuel tank. The main tank pick ups are...

6-21-24, 21 days on the water. 101 miles today & 728 miles total Well, we certainly didn’t end up tonight where I had planned to. The plan was to catch the ebbing tide from Warm Springs bay to the tip of Admiralty island, then the flood to Kake, a small native town on the south side of...

June 19, 19 days on the water, no miles today With my knee finally up to walking, we walked the trails to the outside hot spring & Baranof lake with Wrenny entranced the whole way. The beauty & grandeur of the trails are still there, but my bum knee makes the going a very humbling experience...

June 18, 18 days on the water 25 miles today & 627 total 6 years ago, JoLee & I was here at Warm Springs Bay & her last time here. Missing her today even with Wrenny’s good Company. As far as today’s events, I can’t do any better than what Wrenny wrote below. Wrenny’s thoughts Grandpa woke...

Bob, I have access to internet, but with us going into some nasty chop on our way this morning from Red Bluff Bay to Warm Springs I’ll make it short. A few short year back a guy was killed near Port Alexander & more resently homes broken into by them, so the town is on a strong defensive...

June 17, 17 days on the water 63 miles today 602 total Left Port Alexander with both of us not really wanting to, knowing there is a good chance, neither of us will ever see this unique place again. At least the seas were calm for the most part & except for some short stretches, we made a...

Port Alexander outer harbor