Tracy Arm Cove to Taku Harbor 43.7 miles 4 ½ hours

We chose a beautiful sunny day to head north again.  We saw a group of humpback whales in Stephens Passage.  We stopped the boat to watch them.  One startled us by coming out of the water on the starboard side.  Of course I didn’t have the camera ready. I got some great shots of the whales spouting but they didn’t put on much of a show.  It is very cool, however, to just stop and listen to the sounds they make.  Makes one feel very small.  As we passed Limestone Inlet we encountered about a dozen gillnetter boats with their huge nets stretched out behind them.  We carefully stayed outside of their zone and moved on to Taku Harbor.  The Forest Service has a beautiful T shaped dock here.  There is only one other boat there so we have our choice of locations to dock.  We chose the outside of the T at the end.  There is no water or power here but at least we can take Merlin for a walk on terra firma.  We met some nice folks who are traveling on a 25’ C-Dory.  They live in Juneau and gave us some great suggestions for places to see and to eat.  The fellow also gave us information for a diver to go down and remove the damaged prop.