Thursday, September 19 - Grace Harbour to Prudeaux Haven - 1.5 hours 11.2 miles

It is a very short trip out around Gifford Island.  The entrance to this anchorage is a blind dog-leg.  It is worth it once one is in here.  Prudeaux Haven is a very large anchorage with many big rocks/small islands around the edges and a beautiful view of towering mountains.  We anchored in the eastern cove.  The kayaks went down and we have a lovely trip touring around the edges of the bay.  No drama getting into mine today.  Fred likes to bring his peanuts with him.  Every now and then he sends some over on the end of his paddle to Merlin.  Merlin is such a good boy in the kayak.  He holds quite still and does not bark to scare off any wildlife.  We left the kayaks in the water when we were done so we could use them again tomorrow. Around 5 PM the wind came up with gusts about 23 mph.  Our deck umbrella flew out of the base and into the water.  Fred was able to retrieve it with the boat hook.  Then Fred looked into the water and saw his work gloves floating away.  They were too far away for the boat hook so he jumped (not really) into his kayak and retrieved them.  We decided that it would be a good idea to stack the kayaks up on the swim platform.  We did this without any trouble.  Of course after we had tidied up the wind went down to 3-5 mph.