On August 27th, we made our way to Hartley Bay, along Verney Passage. We saw a lot of humpback whales. At one point, we saw between 6-8 humpbacks feeding. This was the largest number we have seen in one area. Fascinating! Entering Hartley Bay was exciting especially for Mae as this was where she did her first year of teaching. After refueling, we tied up to their docks. We met a lot of people we knew from Prince Rupert. Mae and Marty have taught many people from Hartley Bay. We went up to the band office to make our NO TANKERS presentation. Then we went to Lynne and Ernie Hill’s home and caught up on a few stories.
We had to get underway quickly, as we wanted to get some distance up Grenville Channel. Marty’s idea of traveling along the eastern shore to take advantage of the back eddies helped us gain speed and distance. At first we intended to go into Lowe Inlet but we had time to go further. We got as far as Kxgneal Inlet. We dropped a couple of crab traps before we anchored ourselves. This is a very peaceful, scenic spot. We were surrounded with mountains.
The neat part about nearing the end of our voyage is creating meals with the remaining food from our provisions. We had rice and a Chinese five-spiced chicken stir fry for dinnerJ.
