2012 Trip 2 - Pacific Grace

Another beautiful sunrise beneath a clear sky heralding a warm day. The rush of the waterfall close by lulled us to sleep under the stars and called to us in the morning. The watches shuttled ashore beneath the splash and spray while the first golden rays played across the pools at the base of the falls. The water fall belied it's warmth in the powerfall sheets of water that pummeled us clean as we gazed out to the ship anchored securely off the shore. It was an invigorating scrub and everyone felt much refreshed and ready to start the day. Before lunch we were underway and enjoyed a brief sail before the winds fell calm and we reluctantly bid farewell to the temptations of Desolation Sound on the recommendations of the latest forecasts. We are now motoring down the strait under a hot sun in search of wind. If it remains calm we likely enjoy a swim stop mid-strait before resuming our southwards progress towards the Hornby Island vicinity. It seems people are beginning to relax and embrace their lives onboard,laughing and singing in joy as the days pass.