After a leisurely morning, we eventually departed Windy Bay
for Whitesand Beach, Ahousat, and then Bacchante Bay. Just a mile out of Windy
Bay we spotted a bunch of tour boats in a bay looking at bears ashore, so we
joined them. We watched several black bears for an hour or so, then continued
to Whitesand Beach.
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| Foraging on the beach |
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| Flipping over rocks and eating everything underneath |
At Whitesand Beach we anchored in just five feet of water,
made lunch, and paddled ashore. The beach is beautiful and can be accessed by
boat or by trail from Marktosis. Boating in is easier. The anchorage is shallow
and not protected from southwesterly winds, but in a northwesterly it’s just
fine.
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| Whitesand Beach |
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| Retriever anchored off Whitesand Beach |
From Whitesand Beach we headed for Ahousat to get gas
(cheaper than Tofino) and a bit more ice. Then we were off to Bacchante Bay. On
the way to Bacchante Bay I poked into an anchorage called the “Megin River
Delta” that Dreamspeaker spoke highly
of. It did look like a nice place to explore, but a brisk wind and two foot
chop in the anchorage made it pretty uncomfortable.
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| View from the cockpit in Bacchante Bay |
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| Kayaking in Bacchante Bay |
Bacchante Bay, with its towering hillsides, a waterfall, and
a grassy meadow at the head, is beautiful. I explored by kayak and Ben tried
kayaking for the first time. The winds made it a bit tough, but he got the hang
of it pretty quickly.
Tomorrow we’ll go to Hot Springs Cove.
40.0 nm today
835.3 nm total
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