Airship | Fury Cove and Secure Anchorage (not Cape Caution, yet)

Sunset with smoky sky in Fury Cove © Laura Domela

We left our anchorage at Kisameet Bay late in the morning on Sunday (after watching the Formula 1 Dutch Grand Prix) and headed south for Fury Cove. We saw so many whales along the way, but weirdly, most of them were just floating at the surface, as they do when they're sleeping.

But it was after noon... and they were spread out over the whole route (not all together, not that that would make a difference, but it's a data point). Some of them looked like logs until you were right up on them. We slowed to forward idle and crept past one that was pretty close and it never even moved. Most of the others when they sensed the boat would up and dive, but it seemed odd, all of these chilled-out whales in one mid-day cruise.

We arrived at Fury Cove around 4pm...a sunny Sunday and a warm evening with the doors open and there were no horseflies, which suckered us into letting Airship fill with mosquitoes. Not what we were hoping for, and probably the first mosquito bites of the whole summer.

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