August 3 – August 5 Kyuquot Sound, Mary Basin – Nuchatlitz Inlet, Nuchatlitz
Bay, Esperanza and Espinosa Inlet.
We have been
moving thru this area for a few days – going on Dinghy tours, fishing the
outside on the Ocean and enjoying the sunny weather. The fishing is quieter
here than it was our last day in Kyuquot Sound but with a full freezer we are
definitely enjoying out catch! There are
a lot more people in this area – we fished with 18 other boats off of
Nachatlitz Inlet! There are lots of fishermen, campers, more homes and fishing
operations!
The beaches south
of Kyuquot Sound were amazing. We went
ashore at Rugged Point Marine Park and hiked thru the trees to several
different beaches that were beautiful white fine sand.
August 6 – 7 We
stayed in Mcbride Bay which gave us the opportunity to go to Zeballos and
Tahsis. Zeballos has a museum a few blocks in from the town that is interesting
and we actually went there on our trip in 2017.
Tahsis has fuel, the Island Attitude Café which is decked out as
Margaritaville at the dock next to have a margarita and lunch!
August 8-13 Valdia
Island, Hot Springs Cove, Bottleneck Cove, Friendly Dolphin Cove, Quait Bay and Kennedy Cove
We have been
moving thru the area as we make our way South for home. We were really looking forward to a soak in
the Hot Springs but the First Nations closed them with Covid and they are still
not open so we only stayed 1 day. We
have been touring the different areas by our small boats, When we left Quaiit Bay, Nelsea and Magic
Moment headed for a night in Kennedy Cove and the other two boats, SeaLife and
Beachcomber wanted to spend two nights in Tofino so they headed directly there We used the jet boat to try to go up the
Kennedy river to Kennedy Lake but even
at high tide we could not get to the lake – too many rocks.
On August 12th we toured Freedom Cove. It is a funky floating home that a Wayne and Catherine started building in 1992. It is a completely off-grid, off-land floating home (except they do have TV and Internet access now). Quite the site to see in a bay they named Freedom Cove. We met Wayne and got a tour of their home. As you enter the bay, the first picture below shows a home their Son has built on the bay also. He was born in Freedom Cove and visits often. If you want to more about it you can just google Freedom Cove, BC. Many articles have been written about them and the loating home they have built in this beautiful Bay in BC. They are both artists and everything they use is recycled materials. Catherine is quite the gardener and grows their vegetables and herbs.
August 14 - We left
Kennedy Cove headed for Tofino. After
getting fuel and groceries, we met up with the others at Gods Pocket near
Tofino. We toured the area and all the
oyster farms and you can tell we are getting closer to town as there are many
cabins and floating homes in this area. We had a fantastic dinner out at the
Schooner Restaurant. The restaurant is family owned since 1949 and the food and
service were exceptional!
Below are more pictures of our beach explorations. We have seen shipwrecks including a sunk WW2 Landing Craft in Quait Bay. The Wagonner book and our charts said it was a submerged concrete structure but we discoverd it is a steel landing craft! Abandoned canneries, bear, birds, rivers and fishing operations have filled our days with many fun small boat tours!
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