[password] STUART32

[position] 60 57.090N 147 01.347w

[date] 2019-08-02

[status] After a fabulous couple of days in Fish Trap we headed east towards the Columbia Glacier. It was sort of weird in that there was a lot of ice coming out of Columbia Glacier that we had to dodge going into Fish Trap, some of it quite large, but on our way into Columbia Glacier there was very little. We put part of this down to the large amount on the way in being rain that had washed it down and king tides. Also on our way into Columbia it was a rising tide but to a false high. When we got to the entrance we were not game to enter as it was not where the charts said it was, and when we looked at the speed and path of two tour boats ahead they were clearly having trouble navigating as there was just so many icebergs clustered so tightly we could not see a clear path into the glacier. So we took comfort in what we saw and headed to our anchorage for the evening which is Emerald Cove in Heather Bay. Once here, Kate decided to go for a kayak and a walk. In preparation she tried using the bear spray whilst on the boat. Wow that stuff sure does spray out in a wide arc! So armed with her bear spray, air horn and VHF she headed out. Once ashore she saw high grass that had been trodden down and extremely large poos so thought it better to retreat to her kayak and walk another day. Funnily once back to the boat she rubbed her eyes and wondered what was stinging, then she remembered her test spray of the bear spray. Oh and of course this is yet another stunningly beautiful anchorage.

[weather] Clear skies, no wind or swell of course.
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