Rosario to Fossil Bay, Sucia Island 3 hours 18 miles

It is a beautiful sunny day today. I made a batch of brownies for later. Fred got the dinghy down so we could go explore the shore. We went for a walk over to this beach where a bunch of kayakers were camping. Then up a short hike to Fox Point which had some awesome 180 degree views. We then wandered this beach where we saw some cool sandstone formations. As we were walking towards it, an otter came out of the brush and started sand bathing about 20 yards in front of us. We took a bunch of pictures then started slowly walking towards it to see if he would flee in to the water so we could get by, but he didn’t. Must be used to humans. We decided to leave him be and turned around. So we went up another path and I walked the trail over to a second dock to take a look at Mud Bay from a different angle. Very pretty island. Heading back to the boat on the dinghy, the wind had picked up, so we got a bit wet. Decided to head back to the boat instead of exploring more and wait. This bay (Fossil Bay) has now filled up with about 22 boats between the docks and mooring buoys. Fred decided to take a nap, and while he did so, Heather commented that she was sad my trip was already half over. Then I said that it was a bummer that I suggested Heather only come for a week. So the wheels started turning, and after talking with her father to make sure he was still cool watching Nala, Heather called the airline and turned her 7 night trip into an 11 night trip. Since the winds didn’t die down too much today, we didn’t get the kayaks down. We decided to stay in this cove another night and go kayaking earlier in the day tomorrow. We made BBQ salmon for dinner, watched some Canadian turn of the century cop show that we got on tv, an episode of Star Trek Voyager, then an episode of Beauty and the Beast to wrap up the evening.