2023 Flotilla to Alaska | Taku Harbor to Tracy Arm Cove - Day 40

Mike and Betty from Two's Out in their dinghy © Laura Domela

Every summer during the flotillas, almost every evening, there's discussion about what time people want to leave in the morning. Sometimes we have a reason to need to leave early (weather, timing for current and tides, things like that), and when we don't have a reason to leave early, we leave it up to the individual boats.

We'll put in the written plan, even "Leave whenever you want today!" Inevitably, and especially after quite a few early mornings and sunrise at 4am, people generally tend to wake up early. They look out and they see how gorgeous it is out and they want to get going early regardless...more chances to see wildlife, enjoy the next spot, etc. But occasionally, okay maybe often, one or two or three of the boats will be gone before the time we said we'd all leave, because once one leaves, well, you get the idea.

So last night at happy hour in Taku Harbor, the jabbing resumed and so I declared for Airship that we would not be leaving until 6am. Promise. Plus, there's no point getting to the Tracy Arm bar with a bunch of current still ebbing against us, right?

Well guess what? We set our alarm for 5:40am, and we got up... everyone was gone. Fine then.

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