Refuge Cove to Squirrel Cove - 45 minutes, 3 miles

We took a very short trip across Lewis Channel to Squirrel Cove on cortes Island. There is a government dock as you enter the bay with a grocery store, crafts store and restaurant. The dock is full of small boats (less than 20 feet). We weren’t going on the dock anyway. We headed on past Protection Island to the anchorage further in the bay. It is a very large area but we were still surprised by the amount of boats anchored here. We are anxious to get further north. Too much humanity here. The good news is that there is no loud music. The wind picked up this afternoon and there are gusts up to about 25 mph. We took the dinghy over to the government dock to pick up a few things at the store. The wind caused quite a bit of salt spray. Merlin stayed buried under a beach towel. We found out that there is unsecured internet over here so we will come back with the computer tomorrow.