Inside Ford’s Terror to Outside Ford’s Terror - 1 hour, 4.3 miles

We woke up this morning to sunshine… amazing. We watched eagles fly around as we had breakfast. By mid-day the sun started to go away, but still warmer here at 63 degrees than it has been. We decided to take the dinghy down and go over to this gorgeous waterfall we saw on the way in. We are on the downswing of the trip. Today we will play around in here, then pass Ford’s Terror narrows between 4-5pm at slack high tide, then weather depending, go kayaking on the other side by the waterfalls. There was a sailboat in the bay when we exited Ford’s Terror and it looked like they were debating entering Ford’s Terror because of the way they were going around the bay. Heather and Ann went kayaking outside the narrows to check out some icebergs and waterfalls. We saw a seal or 2 that kept popping up all over. The couple from the sailboat (Sylvia & Rolf) came over by dinghy to ask about the narrows and what was inside Ford’s Terror. They are from Switzerland and originally sailed from Europe, across the Atlantic and made their way to Hawaii, Canada and Alaska. Now they leave their boat here, and fly home every winter to work. They were telling the story about entering Alaska one time, and the humorous hassle with customs. And they said “Well I guess Canada is pretty lenient about people growing pot, and apparently they smuggle it on Swiss sailboats.” They were joking and it was pretty funny. The also told of their 19 day trip last year from New Zealand to the South Pacific. Interesting stuff. We are anchored right next to a waterfall so we are listening to that this evening.