The day started off sunny with blue skies, and as we approached Atka we could see Korovin Volcano rising 4,851.7 feet. The volcano is extinct and looked stunning in the glowing sunrise. As we sailed closer to our anchorage the fog and rain moved in. We thought to pick a different anchorage that looked like it was more sunny but we had heard red salmon frequent this stream and we hoped for a late red salmon run.
Once anchored we lowered the dinghy and went to shore with fishing poles in hand. Wade caught three cod as Sara beach combed. We did see a few salmon jumping in the delta of the river, so we are thinking we might go fishing again tomorrow. Wade was excited to see herds of Caribou on the hills and a group of 4 or 5 big bulls greeted us about 75 yards from the beach. As they started to trot off Wade became more excited talking about their huge horns, bigger than any we have yet seen on Alaskan caribou. We do want to point out that we realize they are truly antlers, not horns. Anyways, there may be a hunt in our future 😉
Other wildlife seen were a fox with two pups and a duck with 6 little ones that looked newly hatched. Sort of seems late in the year for such little duckies and we hope the best for them and maybe that it also means a long summer is still before us? The south east wind in our anchorage is not really being abated by the onshore hills so we may consider moving tomorrow depending on how fishing goes.
Lastly, today now became the furthest west we have ever sailed, about 5 degrees from the eastern hemisphere.
Cheers,
Wade and Sara
Deep Bay Anchorage 17 feet Sand 52° 06.473’N, 174° 37.201W
No VHF Weather Signal, Great SSB Signal, We have sent the Iridium Go off for repairs
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