Thursday, December 10, 2015

9-11Aug2015: Von Donop Inlet, BC

Weather:  Sunny and warm!  Winds:  A few gentle, cooling swirls.  Waves:  0.

Spent a couple days enjoying Von Donop Inlet...clamming, swimming, paddle boarding, chatting...the usual stuff when relaxing!  Another intimate anchorage. 

The morning of the first full day there, RT, MM, Em and I spent an hour gathering 350 clams!  RT had paddle boarded around and found a likely spot.  We dinghied over at low tide and followed the tide in, staying in about 6in of water.  Clams were only a couple inches down and easily collected.  The catch was immediately placed into the crab condo (holey 5gal bucket w/lid), loaded with corn meal for flushing and suspended over the side in cooler water, about 5ft down.  The bivalves didn't hesitate and went right to work!  With a nurse onboard, there was some concern about toxic shellfish.  A call to Canada Fish and Wildlife cleared all concerns.

Did a little paddle boarding.  Got better at it, but don't think I'm ready to invest in one.  While out, chatted with a couple pulling crab traps.  They had been skunked.  While chatting, a big powerboat came in and stopped short of our little cluster (a dinghy and SUP).  I was floored when a lady came out and asked us to move.  We were in the way of their preferred anchor spot.  Really?  Apparently they thought they had the right of way and apparently the 300ft around us was not enough room to go around.  I get restricted in maneuvering.  This just didn't appear to meet any criteria I understood.

All around enjoyable place!  I'd come back!


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