McHenry Bay to Ketchikan

Tuesday July 19th we left McHenry Bay for Ketchikan it is 54 miles. It will take most of the day to get there because the integrity only goes 5 to 6 knots. For now we are skipping Myers Chuck I'm not sure if we will come back to that location or not. 

There has been lots of logs in the water probably because we just had a few really high tides.


To give you an idea of the logs in the water. Some are massive and would definitely damage a boat.


Micah frying up some fresh Halibut. Halibut and potatoes for dinner. Thanks Brian and Micah for your hospitality. We parted was from Silver Lady this morning.


On the move! That's Katos in front of me and way off in the distance you can see the integrity.


I still have the skiff in tow.  This is the last leg for the skiff. We are going to put it on a ship and ship it back to Juneau. I am definitely going to miss the skiff. What a great little boat.

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