Ashore, Serpent Islands!

 

After raising the sails – finally – then threading our way through the byzantine chain of Spider islands, we anchored in a hidden bay off Hurricane Cove.  Amazing!  The next morning, we motored past the hazardous Mosquito Islets, anchoring for a hike just off the lovely deserted Serpent Islands.  

 We dinghied ashore… and where met by mysterious tracks.  What were they?  Wolf?  Cougar?  Yellow Lab? We met a naturalist a few weeks later who confirmed that they were, in fact, wolverine. Whoa!

Wolverine meets wolverine...

 

Not sure what we’d find on the far side of the cove, we followed the tracks to the Pacific … where whatever had left them had long since vanished.  We explored tide pools rich with kelp and invertebrates, poked about piles of driftwood, and simply enjoyed being together on a wild deserted island in the sun.