Prudence and leaving the dock

We have also traveled with Curve of Time in hand through coastal BC -- marvelous book. And -- Jay and Jolee -- the lower Inside Passage can be lonely and forgotten, also. The main 'road' to Alaska has other boats, but get off the highway and cruise the 'blue highways' of tidewater BC and you'll find bears, wild places, gorgeous fiords (there's a park called fiordland down there), lonesome coves and some great experiences.
We have discovered, like an ol' botanist once said, that people decrease to the square of the distance from a 'black top road' and to the third power with elevation change. On our boat we find the same is true, except substitute main route (ICW for east and Gulf coasters) for black top road and instead of elevation, substitute distance from a marina.
We have found some lonely wild places up a forgotten slough a few miles from the ICW, and also lovely places only a short distance from the 'main' route of the Inside Passage.
 
El and Bill

Knew inside that was a book you two would have.

Fjordland was already on top of our list if we ever decided to do some of the lower Inside Passage. We trust your advice, so odds of us making it there have just gone up dramatically. The description of many on the crowded harbors and anchorages between Vancouver Island and the mainland BC is what has discouraged us so far.

Also know what you mean on what the botanist once said. When I use to want to get away from it all in the High Country, I would get out my topographical maps and first circle all the areas above 9000 feet in a given mountain range like the Salt Range or Wyoming range in Wyoming. Then in these places I would find the largest area without any foot or horse trails and that's where I would end up. When doing this very seldom ran into another person and if I did was generally pleased to meet them.

Jay
 
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