2011 Trip 4 - Pacific Grace

A very calm day today as we made our way down to the south side of the Brooks Peninsula. We made a short stop at our favorite bottom fishing hole before rounding the peninsula and in 15 minutes had enough bottom fish to feed the whole boat. A thrilling time for all bringing in these large bottom dwellers. As a calm (wind and swell ) day is rare out here we decided to take advantage of the weather and do some beach combing on the Brooks Peninsulaitself. ”Brooks” is about 6 miles wide and juts out from Vancouver Island 9 miles west into the Pacific. Part of it is un-glaciated and as it seems to catch any flotsam and jetsam that floats by it is always a wonderful adventure to beachcomb. With the calm weather we were able to drop trainees off on the SW tip of Brooks by 1400hrs and they spent the rest of the day walking eastwards along the south face. Many treasures were found throughout the day and all were also treated to a black bear sighting half way through the day. Alex and I took the Grace and anchored near the end of the hike to be in position to pick up our beachcombers at the end of their walk. Our trip down from Winter Harbour was also full of wildlife. Large Sunfish (300lbs), sharks, Tufted Puffins and again our regular Humpback shows were enjoyed by all. Great spirits onboard tonight as mugup is just finishing. All are well.