This place has become way too popular.  There are now five other boats in the anchorage, so this morning we pulled the anchor and headed for Nash Narrows, up Spiller Channel.  It rained the whole way. 

It’s just an easy two-hour run to Nash Narrows, and we are pleased to find the anchorage empty.  We have the whole place to ourselves.  

I spent the day reading… such a luxury.  After dinner, I felt like I needed some exercise, so I went for a paddle, even though it looked like it might rain any minutes.  The silence here is deafening, with the only sound being the tiny babbling waterfalls that appear when it rains.   They’re so tiny that you really have to search to find them, but the sound is beautiful.

This whole area is loaded with mussels that encrust almost every rock along the waterline.

I eventually spotted this eagle way up at the top of a tree.  The sea was pretty bouncy due to tidal conditions, and he was so high up that I had to zoom to the max, which makes stabilization nearly impossible; and I was having to shoot straight up into the glare of the overcast sky.  Not good.

Not too far from the eagle, near the top of another very tall tree, I spotted this eagle’s nest.

It doesn’t look too impressive here, but it was about 8 feet in diameter.