Seattle Trip Day 11

Tuesday August 25 

We picked up our (my) cinnamon rolls, paid the tab, braved the mosquitoes once more and walked Bina before pulling out of Port Harvey.

We were one of the last boats to leave the dock at Port Harvey that morning.

We had a short run today, only about 35 miles, so there was no reason to rush.

We made our way down Johnstone Strait in a slight chop, but nothing we couldn’t handle.

The destination for today was Blind Channel Resort and Marina.  I had read about it in the guide books and really wanted to see it, hence the short run for the day.

We pulled in there and got some fuel and tied up for the night.

It is a beautiful area and a wonderful full service marina – but, it is expensive.  Moorage for one night at Port Harvey was $36, compared to $73 for Blind Channel.  

I took a garbage sack of trash up to try to find a dumpster.  The guy in the store saw me and told me to go in back of the store and put it on the scale.  He weighed it and charged me about $2 to dump the trash!  First time I’ve ever encountered that.

But we did enjoy our brief stay here.  It was easy to walk Bina on the beach, and the showers were great.

Blind Channel Resort had many buildings on their grounds.  Everything was meticulously maintained.

Beautiful flower boxes were everywhere.

The 150' yacht "After Eight" tied up to the end float.  The float was only 75' long, so she stuck out an additional 75' .  They dropped an anchor just to reduce the strain on the float.  Lisa says there are dinner mints called "After Eight" and speculated that this yacht was owned by the family that owns that business.

 

514 miles to this point.