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Airship | Red Bluff Bay and Pybus Bay

by Laura Domela 24 Jul 16:12 PDT
Airship | Red Bluff Bay and Pybus Bay © Missie Low

Saturday: We left Takatz Bay with the idea we might stop in at Warm Springs, but it was just completely socked in with fog and we opted to keep going to Red Bluff and spend two nights there instead.

We texted with friends Tom and Tish on Alaska Quest who were headed to Warm Springs (and hoping for more of my homemade hot sauce), and after comparing schedules (they had a charter aboard) figured we might be able to meet in Juneau in 10 days or so. But when I finally saw where they were on AIS, coming across Chatham and maybe a mile or so from us, I called on the radio and asked if they wanted to do another boat-to-boat hot sauce handoff like we did last year outside of Pavlof. They made a slight diversion and we pulled back to throttle to float and wait. We could hear Alaska Quest's engine long before we could see it in this crazy fog.

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