The Plan

In the last days of summer, rip down to Haida Gwaii,  spend a month, fly back to the Yukon then fly back in November and sail to the Salish Sea. What could go wrong with any of that. 

We left Skagway on a hot windless day. That night in William Henry Bay I climbed the mast and fixed the last item that remained on my list. 

Off to Juneau , Auke Bay where we had a brief visit with our friends Linda and Suki . 

Then a whole lot of motoring down Stephen's Passage, Frederick Sd and to Petersburg.

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