September 3

Chance of rain increasing until 80% on Saturday. High winds forecasted for tomorrow night as a prelude to the storm. Mott Island is exposed to the winds, and while we’ve been through worse without a problem, we really don’t want to. The forecast up river is a bit calmer, and there are more sheltered anchorages. We decide to head up river tomorrow, to do that we need block ice and more cat food (Squishy’s taken to canned cat food ever since Doug opened a can for crabbing. She stopped eating the dry food, and we were concerned about her weight loss). Safeway doesn’t carry block any more, and we don’t wish to be subjected to the sea lions again. So we motor back to West Basin, tie up temporarily, I get block ice, more cat food, and some salmon steaks for dinner. We’re able to sail all the way back to Mott island for the night. A calm evening.