Sea Jay Goes North 2011

Sea Jay Goes North  2011
Dawes Glacier Endicott Arm Alaska

Tuesday, June 29, 2010

PORT MCNEAL TO BULL HARBOR




WE LEFT PORT MCNEAL AT FOR BULL HARBOR WHICH IS OPUR STAGING POINT TO CROSS CAPE CAUTION. BULL HARBOR IS AN INDIAN OWNED ISLAND AND A VERY PROTECTED ANCHORAGE. AFTER SETTING THE HOOK WE TOOK A HIKE TO THE BEACH AND WERE STOPPED BY A NATIVE DEMANDING $5 FOR EACH PERSON FOR THE "WALKABOUT" ON THEIR LAND WE REFUSE AT FIRST AND HE SAID GO BACK TO YOUR BOAT HE LEFT IN A CLUD OF DUST IN HIS OLD FORD PICKUP AND THEN WE DECIDED TO PAY THE RANSOM BUT ONLY IF HE WOUOD GIVE US A RECEIPT. DOUG HANDLED IT WHEN HE RETURNED AND THE NATIVE WAS VERY CONFUSED AT THE REQUEST FOR A RECIEPT BUT FINALLY WENT HOME AND RETURNED WITH A HAND SCRIBBLED RECIEPT AND WE PROCEDED TO THE BEACH WHERTE THEIR WERE MANY COOL ROUNDED ROCK AND GREAT SCENERY. IT WAS A 4 MILE HIKE BUT WAS WORTH IT WHEN WE WRRIVED AT THE BEACH.

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