July 19
Filled up with the best drinking water in BC and headed off out Cousins inlet. Destination hot spring. Got some sailing in Dean Channel till we turned into Eucott hostsprings. Passed the Nordic Tug, Seabear whom we met 2 yrs ago in Haida Gwaii. Skipper Jeff and first mate Georgia were also choosing the same destination. After anchoring, our fellow sailors discovered the outdoor hotspring pool was very murky and they asked for assistance to clean it. A&K went along on tub duty while I stayed back to finish baking bread. The pool formed of large boulders with concrete fill had a few pipes for filling and emptying. After the pool scrubbed the lower pipe plugged and the water ran freely to fill. The spring flows in at 150 degrees F. At 11pm Dave and I went on a starry night adventure to see if it was possible to bathe but it was scalding so we plugged the fill pipe with a large driftwood stick to allow only a trickle to flow in and allow the water to cool enough for human submersion.
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