The Bella leaves her
slip for a trip to
Nordlund Ship Yard for a freshen up haul out... with
an escort!
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The
Bella's crew on a cruse to our new Home Port, Gig Harbor.
The view from the property with Colvos Passage on the left and Point
Defiance and the Narrows to the right.
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The Bella in the Nordlund Yachts boat shed getting some much
needed gel coat and paint repairs
in preparation for this
years honeymoon cruise to Sitka.
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May 7th 2011
Spot Shrimp season
opener at Hood Canal!
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1 minute 42 seconds to
launch... |
Anticipation ...the
first pull. |
Here comes dinner
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A personal
best -331 shrimp in one pot! |
After a long hard day
time to relax on the hook at Port Ludlow! |
Maria
mixes up a Red Velvet birthday cake for Griff
and
some fresh fruit... Bella style for Mothers Day!
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July
9th 2011
Wedding Day for April and Grady!
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Our newlyweds! |
Mom & Dad &
crew! |
WOW
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The crab on ice!
The chocolate in fountains & Grady's new 38 footer! |
The Bella ready
to go, with Capt. PJ's blessing |
Carillon Point
prepares for the wedding - A Bella goodbye next stop Sitka!
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July
16th 2011
Hakai
Pass BC
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Hakai Pass
BONANZA!!! 19 keepers in one pot! |
22 Lb King for
Grady! And a Silver for April, just in time for dinner ! |
April and
Grady 's heart shaped Inukshuk! - Grady found the only intact
sand dollar on the Canadian coast! And a beach that only
pictures can describe.
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July
20,21st 2011
Lowe
and Klewnuggit inlet BC
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Black bears
fishing Verney Falls |
The pots are
stuffed with Snow Crab -a two man job just to lift it over the
rail! |
On the hook
preparing for dinner and Grady's Birthday party!
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Dolphins on
the bow an our way to Bishop Bay.
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August 2011
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Some of the
sights in Wrangell's petroglyph beach and Petersburg Harbor.
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We anchored up in
Fools Bay to tender to Anan Bear reserve and discovered the
owner of a small Island 200 yards away. We were told he didn't
care for Yachters but loved sail boaters!
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Anan Bear Reserve
was PACKED with black bears all looking for fresh salmon. The
first picture is a black bear that meet us on the trail
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The river was
loaded with fish and bears some 60 bears we were told by the
rangers.
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Some of the
sights on the way to Petersburg and our anchorage for the night
Cosmos Cove.
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Yes we passed the
Time Bandit and talk with Jonathan! He was tendering a huge load
of salmon back to Wrangell with his unmistakable laugh!
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A Killer Whale
pod on the way to Cosmos Cove -at least 20 whales and a flat
calm day.
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A day trip up the
Stikine River to Chief Shakes Lake and glacial ice. |
A very rare sight
-a black timber wolf on the shore of the Stikine river.
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Sitka Harbor-
finally!
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The Longhouse
and Greek Orthodox Church in downtown.
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The evening of
the August 12th in Sitka gave us a spectacular sunset and moon
rise taken seconds apart. A rare clear view of Mount Edgecumbe
and Sitka Sound. |
A humpback
surprises us on the way to Port McArthur
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The humpback spy
hop's and winks at us -note we are not in Kona that's Sitka's
Mount Edgecumbe off in the distance! Lori's favorite Alaskan
bird the Puffin. |
We finally
found 'em the KING CRAB!
53°58.063'N
166°31.423'W
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What a
shame......no one to share all this CRAB with!!!!! I think there
are a couple of tenderloins in the freezer that will accompany
nicely. |
A brief break
in the rain produces some amazing scenes...
an eagle waits
at a stream for the hordes of salmon.
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Exceptional rains
have brought out waterfalls literally everywhere. These two are
at Butedale 53°09.716'N 128°41.752'W |
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