Newcastle Island Marine Park

Nice calm night last night, as the winds died down, and the dock I’m behind provided a lot more protection. There were at least a dozen boats that left before noon today. Boats that had been waiting for the winds to die down. Several large boats arrived during the day, but there was still plenty of dock space for Bill and Mike when they got here a little before 1:30pm. I had hoped no one would pull in front of me so that both Bill and Mike could fit on this dock with me. However, a small boat did come in and went to the front of the dock. I moved ahead to the middle of the dock when Bill got here, so he is on the end of the dock. Mike went over to another inside dock that was open. This morning I inflated my kayak and peddled around some. Then did a little reading and took a nap. I checked and it was legal to put my crab trap down here, so I did. I caught my limit today, three Dungeness Crab and one Red Rock Crab. I also ended up with another half dozen, but too small or female. I didn’t catch the crab all at once, but pulled the trap up several times. Every time I pulled it up it had something in it. I spent this evening steaming the crabs, so the three of us will have good meals out of them tomorrow. I dropped the crab trap back in this evening, so may end up with limiting out again tomorrow. Shortly after Bill and Mike got settled in, they went up to pay their dock fee, and then the three of us walked one of the trails. We will very likely spend another night here tomorrow. Newcastle Marine Park has several trails, and is a nice place to be. Dock fees are not expensive either, costing Can$2/meter. That ended up being Can$16/night, or US$11.34/night. There is no electric or water, but Bill and Mike don’t routinely plug in anyway when they stay at marinas, and with plenty of sunshine, my solar panels are charging the batteries during the day. On a sad note, I learned today that one of the three older gentlemen I enjoy sitting with during fellowship time between church services, passed away a few days ago unexpectingly. And on a good note, one of my twin sons messaged me tonight wishing me a Happy Father’s Day with several paragraphs of what he and his brother have been up to this past week.Leia mais