Tracy Arm Cove to Ford’s Terror, Endicott Arm

We left a bit later today because be had to hit Ford’s Terror at high tide, which was around 4:15pm. You can not get through the passage at low tide because of the rocks. So we listened to ‘Twilight’ (in the cove with us again last night) hailing a boat in the channel about the weather. Apparently they are waiting on a sea plane to land in the channel (either picking up passengers or dropping off), well La Di Da ;-) So we made it by the swirling tides to get out of the cove, then on the way we went. 53 degrees out today, which is warm for out here. My Aunt and I sat on the bow for quite a while in a white out. So that meant we were on iceberg duty. It was hard to spot them up ahead as our visibility distance wasn’t so hot. It was pretty much just the misting fog for the most part. But then it started raining so we went inside for some fresh baked chocolate chip cookies my Mom made… as my Aunt snuck a spoonful of cookie dough and then licked the bowl. We had an hour to kill outside the Ford’s Terror narrows before high tide, so we took that time to anchor by the waterfalls and have egg salad sandwiches for lunch. And yes, I realize I mention food a lot in this blog, since we seemed to have yummy things to eat every time we turn around. So around 4:15pm at high tide we could finally get through Ford’s Terror. So we slowly made our way through. It was beautiful and pretty foggy, but we were just getting misted on and not rained on. The fjords around here are awesome, even in the rain. The tops are pretty obstructed by the fog but you still know how tall they are. I just had my Mom check on a map and as we came into Endicott Arm, the rock walls on one side were 5,200’ and on the other 5,700’. Amazing. And as we came into our cove past another dozen waterfalls, we ended up in a punchbowl of fog. There is a waterfall at one end of the cove, near where we anchor, that is pretty loud. Reminds me of the sound you enjoy in Hawaii of the waves crashing as you go to sleep. So we sit here and watch the fog roll in and out. Sometimes you can see the shore, and sometimes we’re in complete whiteness. Dinner tonight is crab linguini. About a pound of fresh crab they just got last week with some onion, butter and spices over linguini. Spells pretty good from where I sit…. OK, well it was delicious, but… I seemed to be the only one of the 4 of us that seemed to get a bout of food poisoning. OK, technically it couldn’t have been, unless they were immune, but that’s what it felt like and I was SO sick the rest of the night. Not fun, and could not fall asleep until super late because of it.