Today’s headwind was only 5-10 knots so we made the most of our best conditions for a while and pulled off a 19 hour day. “Only” 14 hours of that was paddling, the rest was breaking or making camp or stopping for lunch and an evening meal. We were up before sunrise and landed after sunset, covering about 35 miles to near Cape Nukshsk. We crossed between many small fingers of land, gradually curving a course to the North and enjoying a new view every 4 miles or so. The mountains continue to amaze, the scenery is amazing and we see whales and otters every day.

We’re now in the tent and are pretty pooped. The reason for our over keenness is partly because my flight home is on 16 August and I’d like to make sure we reach Homer in time to enjoy a few beers plus get organised. A more imminent reason is that Hallo Bay Bear Camp is now only 13 miles away up the coast. We hope we’ll be able to paddle there tomorrow whatever strength headwind is likely to be thrown at us. Last we saw tomorrows forecast was 15 knots and Sunday’s was 25 knots. As we’ve experienced, 15 knots can turn into 5 (rarely) or 35 in reality.

We’re excited to visit Hallo Bay camp which specialises in taking people to see bears and other wildlife safely. We’ll most likely have a day off there on Sunday and sleep in!