Elfin Cove

We weren’t sure if we would make it to Elfin Cove, a little bay on the outside of Chichagof Island but the weather was so miserable that we figured we might as well motor over as there was little else to do. I am glad that we did, although the highlight was motoring through a narrow pass with the current running and twenty plus sea lions feeding all over.

We rafted three deep on the dock which was full of fishing boats who were resting as the fishing had been so excellent a break was well deserved.  The tiny town of 40 survives on running the various fishing lodges that operate 4 months of the year. It was a cute town and we appreciated stocking up on goodies at the local store. As we headed back towards Gustavas we were treated to a humpback breaching over and over, and only a few hundred yards from Asunto. The moment was only slightly diminished by the downpour.