Finally, some crab! I changed the bait I’ve been using and that seems to have helped – we picked up six nice-sized Dungeness which should be plenty for dinner tonight.
Tomorrow we take Allison and Warren back to Samish Island. We picked Hunter Bay as today’s destination because it’s only about two hours away from there and it also takes us by Spenser Spit, a popular park on Lopez Island where, coincidentally, our friends Tom and Eileen are camping for the weekend.
The sun was out, but it was a little cooler than it has been due to some wind that had picked up overnight. We got to Spenser Spit about noon and there were several park mooring buoys available, so we snagged one, ate some lunch, and took the dinghy ashore. It’s an interesting place, with a long sandy spit that pokes out perpendicular to the shore and almost reaches across to a small island. The spit is actually a triangle shape that contains a saltwater marsh, home to lots of wildlife, and while the marsh itself is off limits to people the rest of the park is good for exploring and camping. Allison and Warren set out to explore while Kristine and I tried to find Tom and Eileen, but when we located their campsite it looked like they had left by car to explore another part of the island. We rejoined A and W for some lazy time on the sandy beach, then headed back to the boat and motored about another half hour to Hunter Bay.
Tomorrow we take Allison and Warren back to Samish Island. We picked Hunter Bay as today’s destination because it’s only about two hours away from there and it also takes us by Spenser Spit, a popular park on Lopez Island where, coincidentally, our friends Tom and Eileen are camping for the weekend.
The sun was out, but it was a little cooler than it has been due to some wind that had picked up overnight. We got to Spenser Spit about noon and there were several park mooring buoys available, so we snagged one, ate some lunch, and took the dinghy ashore. It’s an interesting place, with a long sandy spit that pokes out perpendicular to the shore and almost reaches across to a small island. The spit is actually a triangle shape that contains a saltwater marsh, home to lots of wildlife, and while the marsh itself is off limits to people the rest of the park is good for exploring and camping. Allison and Warren set out to explore while Kristine and I tried to find Tom and Eileen, but when we located their campsite it looked like they had left by car to explore another part of the island. We rejoined A and W for some lazy time on the sandy beach, then headed back to the boat and motored about another half hour to Hunter Bay.
This is normally a wide open, tranquil bay, even though it’s exposed to the north. Today was no exception. We put out the crab trap one more time (you’re only allowed to crab from Wednesday through Saturday) and feasted on the ones we caught last night. Here’s a picture of the well fed crew:
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