Skedans

After leaving QCC at 5 am we had a wicked sail down to Skedans in 25 knots down wind. WEEEE! This time both kids were up before 7 but hey, you can’t win them all. We grabbed the mooring ball around 11 and caught our breath and had lunch before heading into the village site. The two women here welcomed us ashore and gave us a tour of the site. As with most of the villages here, most of the poles had been removed and put on display in museums around the world. As many are mortuary poles, the Haida Nation has been working to bring the remains of their ancestors back to the islands and placing them to rest in Old Massat. Skedans was once a thriving peace loving village. All that remains today is the outline of longhouse pit and a few poles, standing as best they can against the passing of time.

You cannot stay overnight at the sites so had headed on our way to Anna Inlet, where we were shocked to find another sailing vessel tucked in here. Being so late in the season there are few other cruisers around. Ana Inlet has a little creek running in where we played in the  dinghy and tried to catch a salmon by casting with Fynn’s little rod. It was amusing but unsuccessful.