Roscoe Bay

Bill and Mike left Laura Cove this morning at 6am, while I slept in until 7:30. The concern was getting over a drying bar going into Roscoe Bay. We use the tide tables for nearby Prideaux Haven and then follow various recommendations written by others or found in several cruising guides. The problem is, sometimes all the data can be confusing. Reading everything made it sound like the bar was dry more than flooded. Bill said they had 10+ feet of water when they crossed it around 6:45a this morning. I came across at 9:30a, with a low tide of 7.35 showing on the tide charts. And I ended up having 7.5’ of water when I crossed. Knowing this, we now know that as long as we have tide of at least 4’, we should be able to cross in our shallow draft boats. The next lowest tide is at 2’, and that’s not until Thursday, so we should have no problem leaving at anytime tomorrow. Once anchored in here, Bill and Mike took off on the Mt. Llanover hike. A long and strenuous climb to an elevation of 2,200 ft. See my photo upload describing this trail. I think they took about 8 hours to do the hike up and back. The hike was a little more strenuous than I wanted to attempt. I’m still recovering from our hike up to the Trapper’s Cabin at Chatterbox Falls. Lol! I don’t know where Mike and Bill get their energy, and they are older than me. They are like the Energizer Bunny that just keeps going! I ended up only getting six hours sleep last night, so first thing I did once I got anchored, was take a 90 minute nap! After that, I had lunch, and then headed out for a kayak ride around the bay with a few short hikes added in. The first one a quarter mile to Black Lake. Nice flat trail finally! The next one was up to a rock outcropping, elevation on my Inreach showing 80’, with a nice view of the Bay. Another preferable hike! Bill and Mike came back from their hike and looked pretty exhausted. This Bay is very protected and another beautiful anchorage.
I mentioned the other day of the serenity and recharge I get from the scenery I am in. But there are also a few stressors and frustrations that have bothered me. First, I had some battery issues with the house batteries not holding a full charge overnight. Several solutions have presented. First, the temps are not as cold at night as I thought they might be, so I’m not running the heater until early in the morning, just to take the chill off. Also, I am now keeping the battery switch in both, so my starter battery is also paralleled with my two house batteries. All three are AGM’s, but the starter is only a group 24, while the two house batteries are each a group 31. Then I have the city property appraisal appeal to deal with, but the Board of Review doesn’t meet until May 28th. Not something I will be able to attend, so I hope they can just do it with my emailed response! Then there was the hole in my Hobie, but I was able to fix that with its patch kit. The latest is a State letter correcting our tax returns, because I forgot to include my pension when I filed them in March. Not like me at all, but too much going on and hurrying to get them done. So today I worked on amending the returns. I used Turbo Tax, like I’ve done for many years, but last year decided to try HR Block’s software, and so didn’t have that previous info to edit. The amended returns cannot be electronically filed, so that means coordinating with Rosanne to print the new returns out and mail in. It does also bother me a bit that I’m here enjoying and taking in all this scenery, while not at home to help with household chores. (But that is a choice Rosanne and I made, and Rosanne was ok with.) There is also the thing of not being a morning person but rather a night owl, while two of my favorite cruising buddies are both early morning guys! I think they’d prefer leaving everyday between 6 and 7am, while I prefer more like 7:30-8am. Really not a big deal, as I do tend to run a hair faster than they do, so tend to catch up. And when not, we still end up at the same place eventually. And, no crabs again today…
Still, this has been a great trip so far, and I know will continue to be. I turn to my religious faith to get through the stress and frustrations, and allow the nature around me to calm all going on in my mind.Read more