Port McNeill to Lagoon Cove - 5 hours, 32.3 miles

We went up for a latte before leaving port. We headed over to the fuel dock. We took on 200 gallons of diesel @ 4.04/gallon. The price was a shocker. This is much higher than we paid in Anacortes in June. The sun is out and we are heading back into the Broughton’s today. We are taking a new route that will take us off of Johnstone Straight and into some lovely, small waterways. The weather was so nice that Merlin & I sat upon the bow and watched the world go by. About an hour from our destination we caught up with six trawlers that appeared to be traveling together. Sure enough, as we got closer to Lagoon Cove we heard on the radio that numerous boats were having a yacht club rendezvous there. As we entered the cove we really couldn't see how much, if any, dock space was free. Since this is a nice peaceful cove we decided to anchor instead of going on the dock. I made a fruit salad and we went over to Happy Hour at 5 PM. We had a nice time and sure enough the place was packed. We had a wonderful dinner of cheese, fruit, meatballs and fresh shrimp. As most of us were done eating, Bill got up and was telling some of his wonderful stories. Then it started to rain. We hung around until Bill finished one of his stories to pack up and leave. The rain was coming down harder so the party was pretty much breaking up. We were pretty wet when we got back to Aquila. However, we had a nice warm boat to dry us off.