Red Sky in the Morning

The weather forecast predicted an imminent storm, so two days out of Ketchikan I holed up in a Forest Service cabin to wait it out. A sailboat was anchored just offshore with a disabled rudder. The owner was new to sailing, had recently bought a boat and didn't have the necessary spart parts. He had sent word into town with another boat and was hoping his son, a float plane pilot, would show up with the part any day.

The cabin was cozy and the view was great. I spent two nights and then, once it looked like the worst of the storm was over, headed back out. I snuck across the Behm Canal in some chop and then was home free. The forecast is for good weather starting in a couple days. The Dixon Entrance, one of the trickier stretches of water on my route, is ahead. I'd like to try to get across it during the forecast good weather.