Day 77
8/29/11
Fox Island Cove, Cape Fox, AK
Miles Travelled: 46
In the flurry to get down to the boat yesterday, Tor and I forgot our pillows at Dad and Lynn’s house. We realized it once we got into town, which is about 13 miles from the house, too far to go back. Oh darn, that meant we would need a visit from Dad when he came into town for work this morning. Dad showed up with our pillows, and coffee…what a guy! We were really glad to have a final visit with Dad before we left Ketchikan. The boys were glad too, because they got to play with Grandpa for a little while longer too. Dad figured out that the top step of the companionway ladder made a perfect seat for little boys, and Odin put it to good use and screeched at the big steel wall behind the boat that was made of the cruise ship we were docked next to…that echo was too cool! It was so cute to watch, but I wonder what those cruise ship passengers thought we were doing to him.
On our way out of Ketchikan, we stopped at the fuel dock to fill up and were on our way by about 8:30. We were expecting to fight a contrary current for most of the day, but fortunately we didn’t see much once we got out of Tongass Narrows (where Ketchikan is).
Our original plan was to stop at Foggy Bay for the night, but conditions were so good that we decided to press on to Fox Island Cove. Unfortunately as we passed Foggy Bay, we started to feel the ocean swell from Dixon Entrance…I started feeling a little funny, then Odin clearly didn’t feel well so I cuddled with him and he laid down, Lars got fussy but wouldn’t cuddle with me, amazingly Tor who always get sea sick didn’t. I’ve never been seasick, and though I never threw up, I felt really bad. I now have a whole lot more sympathy for those who do get seasick. Odin threw up a few times, and that seemed to make him feel just fine, so he just kept playing. Lars didn't throw up, he was just fussy.
By the time we got to Fox Cove, it was time for dinner, so we anchored quickly and got the boys their dinner really quickly. Fortunately Dad and Lynn sent some frozen pastisio with us, and I had been with it enough before I started feeling sick to put it in the oven, so it was thawed and warm when we needed dinner. Whew. I certainly wasn’t up for cooking.
Once we got the boys to bed we realized that we hadn’t taken the tides into account well enough when we anchored for the night, and that if we waited until low tide at about 7am tomorrow morning, we would likely be aground. So unfortunately we will be getting up and underway at 5am tomorrow. Bummer.
After almost a month away from the boat and living on land, it’s amazing how quickly we have gotten back in the swing of things. From everything to the muscle memory of the contortions you have to put your body through when putting the boys in their beds, to the rhythm of life aboard. We are likely to experience some of the same adjustment pains we had at the beginning of the cruise as we learn to do this again, but it feels right to be back on board our good little ship. It also feels good to have made such good progress towards getting across Dixon Entrance, and the weather forecast is still favorable. There will likely be some grumbling over the next few days as we work all the kinks out again, but it will just be grumbling, we made the right choice for our family to get the boat south instead of leaving it in Ketchikan. Since we are heading south late in the season, we may very well run into some bad weather, but we will just hole up and wait it out.
Odin finding the cruise ship echo with Grandpa Bill
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