July 14th – 16th Roscoe Inlet

July 14^th – 16^th Roscoe Inlet

Roscoe Inlet is another spectacular scenic “drive” (as wind seldom makes its way up this inland inlets). We stop to drift fish, no joy.  We stop to rock fish with adequate success.  We have to keep one of our two yelloweye rockfish which are dwindling in numbers and therefore only one allowed per day.  He had ascended from too deep and  did not recover when Carl tried to take him back to the bottom (with a weighted barbless hook, not with scuba gear)!  We safely released our other one.  Odile adds two more rockfish and we have plenty of fresh protein for dinner.  We continue our journey to the end of the inlet, two boats tied at the hip and two Loons swimming nearby; nothing else around except shear granite walls, and hazy rain shrouded, tree covered mountain peaks.

Yelloweye and Rock Sole

Rat Fish!

Rainy Day Read

We awake to another very rainy morning and decide to hold over and have a “rain” day which basically means everyone to their own form of relaxation and dining inside B Mondo with warmth and fresh bread from the oven.  Pam and Carl provide a wonderful ginger chicken soup that has held underneath their freezer all the way from Portland.  We were fortunate to take this homemade leftover soup from one of the RCYC work parties.  Chris and Allyson are second generation RCYC members and they had just brought the beginning of their third generation into the world when they volunteered to cook for the work party.  Allyson chopped fresh veges, cooked and shredded tons of chicken and combined this into a mouth watering very gingery thick soup.  Someone please tell Allyson and Chris that the soup got a resounding 8 thumbs up from very rainy Roscoe Inlet, B.C. 

Another rainy morning has Pam pondering the dynamics of raindrops and capillary action which leads her to directing the incessant drops right down to the cockpit drains with the use of strategically tied cords.  She also notes that the fish lure holder, some 12 plastics slots with a variety of lures and leaders acts like a miniature game of Plinko with rain choosing a different slot and racing to the bottom, the most rain wins!  It appears that the lure with the light leader is in a tie with the largest lure with bare hook.  I have too much time on my hands!  

Time also allows me to ponder what might be going on in the lives of loved ones not travelling with us.  I picture camping trips, swim lessons, marathons, poultry shows and forest fires.  Be Safe and Have Fun throughout these summer months, knowing that Nana and Papa (Mom and Dad, Pam and Carl) miss you and look forward to seeing you again.  We hope that each of you can join us at some point of our journey on ExTerra in the coming years.