up and ‘dot . The d dew and I had to vi

_ On the way ‘back to the - sailboat I. paused | ‘over the».

gars, intent on savouring the’ belov

quietness. . The - _. dinghy. ghosted. along” for a- . few seconds then came to.a-

" stop. All was quiet except...

‘inflatable --. es 23 * < trickling: through the. filter I

‘took the

: forthe: ‘splash. of the water © toe et my. mornin - “from® the” ‘oars. It. Was - ‘high Slack water; and: ;

even the “seagulls were ‘motionless, = ‘congregated — - around a rock . at the. en- trance to the bay.

” ‘Travelling alone; without eo - children or crew, Mary and I... while: I's “had used the bad weather as — the -anch “an excuse to stay at anchor. stowed the for: an. extra, day. It was. a. baad aro

| the. hook. off:

: ly g¢ “requires two. people, ‘but this

morning it was so quiet that I"

it fine. Fre

“Jet Mary sleep’ and hoisted . the ‘bottom: by.

myself. The boat; remained.

. the. southeasterly, — : > owith. oversre ~~ the. bay from the wind. In ‘places: their boughs ‘reach .

down to. the ‘surface’ of. the

swaters Serra

ringed. ve ens that. Bae ta oe

At high t tide the cate Sy ate.

- - barge that Ii

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— denting the

. to dissipate. into ‘the ‘water.

See SRNR ee Sra nesnes:

‘and the: noicec s diminis 2

CREA VuLewe. Bane

Jervis Inlet. a

“The “Gay :

-tree-clad

alive | with jts \ rays.”

' autopilot was working - fora ~ - and I. took -ad- | . vantage of it to go below and Z

‘change: -

‘pour the. coffee.

‘AfterI had taken. a cup ‘to. | Mary i in the aft cabin I went: back to the wheelhouse. |

- Autopilots are fine, but our “Ors” had veloped | ‘a syndrome | ‘that ‘borders on

- suicidal and I ‘like. to: be. 7 where I'can see if he decides

to steer into the rocks. By the time we had finished our

coffee and Mary was making _ breakfast we were. well into |

the fjord, heading up 10

Princess Louisa Inlet, about :

a day's motoring away. TRAVELLING ALONE

As we hod breakfast: off. our laps in the cockpit we. travelling —

-talke about. alone, with. just the two of

us. We decided that it. really:

‘wasn’t that bad. There might

be fewer people to help run | ut there were also. fewer people to feed, and to | clean up after. ‘Consequently, ;

“the boat,

there was more time to. do the many things that: cover ‘the pages, ‘of. my)

‘pro | worked on. heed

Ofer brenkfast,, getting sunburned in: the process, and Mary read and cooked for the two of. us.

she was getting to. herself, and how pleasant it was, |

Jervis Inlet narrow body of water -in-

$.C. const, two

: ee through the other ‘boats @

and saumdad: the” ‘rock: Imtes

was “unfolding, | slorieasty Petals of morning ' Cloud were ‘burning: off: with. “the sun, and high up on the: ‘slopes of the”; Mountains: the. greens. ‘came’ is The

giants’

is a. Jong

‘came into view. I finished © ‘my deck ‘project. and busied

myself. ‘with something: else while: Mary sunbathed,. and,

7 Py late afternoon we were at

Pass ¢ andi into the nen i

-the channel. : ‘A. half’ hour ‘about: F later and we were ‘around the = next point. on. oe ey. uP

shelf ora ledge.

‘The walls. go. up and up and. up, eventually sloping. - ‘out into all. kinds of won-_ drous ‘places’ -- some: bright ae

Some: green” — ‘with trees, some winte with oa snow.

with flowers, |

We spotted a a ‘structure’ : . resembling a ‘giant eggshell,

somewhat. the» worse’. for

wear, at the bottom of a rock. Slide about half-way. up the — hillside. It. appeared to be. hollow. I examined it with. Le binoculars: fora: long. time. . and. finally. came to the. ” conclusion that it was a large that was — melting away slowly. It was ..

mass ,.of “snow:

covered with a heavy ea ‘of gravel, ‘giving it'a grey. textured coat, and it lay at. the bottom of the slide like a forgotten Coat’ of chais mail.

IDLE DRIFTING

“There ‘were ‘many *

waterfalls. there. In places ‘the falls decended directly

into the sea and the roar of. falling water created a ‘deep ‘fich splashing. harmony that

, Soothed me.

She: remarked on how much time .

We shut off the: eng ine in the middle of the in ot and: drifted idly for # long time. I

Jay on the deck shading: my eyes, with my hat: and) fr time, to ‘time peered through .

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mene

& ‘Travelling alone ‘that <a | we

x “waited ‘An. o day. ‘prekea oa i.

r up and slowly drifted usinto. f=

: ad place: wher the'current. |. ) expected: J

again “but Lips abot ¢ then ,

is true. It is a fairyland, a wondrous place. Only about” “three miles long from Malibu . Rapids to Chatterbox Falls at. the’ other ‘end, the hidden” _ inlet-is'a ‘special place. The. . water is. jade green” and. 7

- opalescent and the sides of | - the inlet:in. many. places: are | sheer rock that ‘plunge into: . the water below without any ‘suggestion of a ‘beach ora

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