Hot springs Cove is an interesting place. We anchor the first night then tie up to the dock the second night so we can work over our windlass. It will pull up the anchor fine but to drop the anchor it gets stuck so it is more a gnashing of teeth and sweat on the brow as you pull ninety feet off chain up from the locker and dump it out of the boat by hand. We take it all apart, clean and lube it and voila! Our anchor chain now sings as it flows out of the boat. In the process we chat with a couple from London, a couple from Montana, and numerous folks who have come in by boat and plane to make the one mile trek to the hot springs. One couple is staying on the Inn Chanter, the anchored bed and breakfast. You can Google it to read it's history.
After our day of boat chores we too hike to the hot springs after the crowds have thinned. The hot water tumbles over rocks and then into the sea. We carve 2015 on the boardwalk beside the name of our boat that we carved last year. A shout out to Jim as we find the boat Katzenjammer on the boardwalk.
Tomorrow we round Estevan point and head into Esperanza Inlet and then Nootka Sound We may be out of touch for awhile but I have said that before!
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