Another day with favorable tides and winds. We caught the ebb through Jackson Passage to Finlayson Channel, where the tide soon turned and we caught an increasingly strong Southerly wind north. Passed by several possible campsites, as we felt like we should take advantage of the very favorable conditions while they lasted.
In the late afternoon, the wind died and we started to experience the turn of the tide well after we had passed Ohio Bay, our final known campsite for the day. We hoped to find a beach campsite, but couldn't find a spot that looked very comfortable, even after several stops in likely looking coves and peninsulas.
Feeling pretty desperate after an hour or two of campsite search, we approached the Northern end of Sarah island, determined to stop, but with only a single known campsite--several miles out of the way down Tolmie Channel--within striking distance. While Carl checked out a possible site near the very Northern end of Sarah Island, I worked my way down the West side of the island for a few hundred yards, and found a nice beach with some potential. As a bonus, the strong Southerly we had experienced earlier had backed to the West and was now blowing strongly towards our newfound campsite, keeping the black flies at bay! This would not be a site that would work at spring tides, by under the circumstances, it was about the perfect location for us. Carl managed to engineer a great tent site by moving some driftwood and raking some gravel into a flat pad.
I don't remember what we cooked for dinner that night, but I do remember watching a beautiful sunset. Because the day had been so successful, I only can imagine that we finished it off by making breakfast burritos, my favorite camp meal.
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