A leisurely start to the morning since we will only be traveling a short
distance today. Took a walk-about before departing Meyer's Chuck for
our first destination of the day - Vixen Inlet. According to the guide
books, a river terminates in Vixen and creates a habitat for bear
feeding. It is likely still to early to see bears (we can always hope)
but this makes for an interesting side
trip. From Vixen we had planned to continue up Ernest Sound and into
Zimovia Strait to reach Thom's Place for our evening anchorage.The weather was so amazing and the waters so calm that we decided to change our route and take the Eastern Passage that leads to Wrangell. We slowed as we passed Anan and saw the USFS Float and the boardwalk that has been constructed for viewing bears in season. This is a very popular place with both bears and people in July and August. We then continued past Blakely Island into Blakely Channel. In a few miles, Blakely flowed into Eastern Passage. We stopped for the night at Berg Bay and anchored just in front on the USFS Cabin and floating dock. The winds were howling down Berg Bay and there were two boats already anchored in the bay - making anchoring a bit more of a challenge. Dropped the anchor in 53 feet of water and had an incoming tide that would add 8 feet of depth before nightfall. Let out approximately 170 feet fo chain. Anchor took hold, the wind stopped and we had a very pleasant night on the hook.
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