Turnbull Bay, Sutherland bay and Jennis Bay

We left Claydon Bay for Turnbull with some rain and low clouds. Things started to clear during the motor up Grappler Sound. By the time we arrived at Turnbull the weather was looking pretty nice. A big brown bear was on the shore at the head of the bay, grubbing around the rocks at low tide. There was a great hike to a swimming lake which we took later that afternoon. The temps were still a bit cool after the rain, so swimming was not on the agenda. We carried our air horn to scare off the bears if we encountered any. The berries are coming out now, so it is much more likely the bears will be close by.

Heading up Grappler Sound

Trail Marker...they have big tidal swings!

Trail head Turnbull Bay

Stairs cut into log leading down to lake

Swimming lake

Huge swim float

Leaving Turnbull

We left Turnbull early morning. We had to time our arrival at Stuart Narrows in Drury Inlet for slack water. The timing was perfect and we motored thru without problems. Our destination was Sutherland Bay at the head of Drury Inlet. This was about an 8nm inlet with lower hills and a lot more sky. The weather was great and when we got the the bay we were the only ones there. It was 10 - 12 foot depths all around and mud bottom. 

Making way up Drury Inlet

Talos IV at anchor Sutherland Bay

Sutherland Bay

We left Sutherland Bay in the morning planning to stay at Davis Bay tonight. Passing Jennis Bay we decided to go in for a look. We docked, met some really nice people and found out there was some good hiking here. We docked for the night. The marina has a very nice dog named Bravo who chases bears and has lost one eye in a fight with a wolf. We went hiking and Bravo went with us. We didn't find any bears, but there was a lot of bear scat on the trail. Bravo flushed a grouse out of the bush and spent a lot of time in the creek and running ahead. We returned to the marina for happy hour and encountered some boaters we had met earlier in Kwatsi Bay. Tonight one of the boaters brought up his crab trap. It was full to the brim with huge dungeness crab. They were throwing crab back in the water because they were over their limit. We will check our trap tomorrow!

Jennis Bay Marina

Flower boxes on the dock

Walking up the ramp with Bravo