Airship - Rocky Pass, Point Baker, Port Protection, and a Giant Lingcod

Stedman Bay © Laura Domela

After leaving Red Bluff Bay we cruised over toward the north end of Rocky Pass and anchored in a spot called Stedman Bay. It's shallow and quiet and we saw no other boats. We dinghied around a bit and saw deer, a large group of harbor seals hauled out on a nearby spit, and some otters. We had a nice dinner of fresh spot prawns dipped in garlic butter, a side of leftover rigatoni in red sauce, and a caesar salad.

The Kp index was high for seeing the aurora borealis, so several times in the night we got up to check for 'em. Once there was a small vertical line of green, but not enough to really write home about. So instead I took this photo of the dipper with my iPhone. Amazing.

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