6/18-6/20 麥尼爾港 Port McNeill

Port McNeil

天啊！我幾天沒洗澡了呢？幾天沒有新鮮的蔬菜可吃呢？

我們的存糧已接近清空，我已經不再算上次洗澡是何時。因此，接近麥尼爾港，我精神大振──大型超市、沐浴設施、咖啡館、網路。文明，我來了！！

第一天我們下錨在港口的對岸，划一個鐘頭的小舟跨過港灣進入城市，進行我們首度探勘（何時開始我們探勘城市如同探勘未知小島與海域）。

下錨處有絕佳的屏障阻擋夏季常吹的西北風，然而，在我們奮力划回船上時，東南風悄悄吹起。

第二天，我們向碼頭投降，進入港中尋求遮蔽，進行我們第二次的食糧大補給，準備前進阿樂灣與Rob父母會面。

My God! How many days has it been since I've bathed. How many days have we gone without fresh vegetables?

Our stores are nearly gone. I can't even figure out when I last had a shower. So, approaching Port McNeil, my spirits brightened—showers, a real grocery store, cafes, Internet! Civilization, I coming!

The first day we anchored across the bay and rowed for an hour to get to town for our first survey of what was available. We explore towns the way we explore bays and islands.

We anchored in an ideal spot to be sheltered from the prevailing Northwest winds. Instead, by the time we rowed back to the boat a Southeast wind was blowing.

We spent a bumpy night in the bay and then took our boat into the harbor the next morning to get out of the building wind and have access to the city for provisioning and preparation for meeting Rob's parents in Alert Bay.