August 3, 2017, Thursday — Khutze Inlet

I slept in this morning and missed high tide, so I decided to paddle west toward the entrance.  The sun is out early and it’s hot.  As I paddled along the shore, I noticed numerous delightful little waterfalls.

 

 

Near one of the waterfalls, I found a family of Mergansers.

 

 

 

While following the Mergansers, I noticed another group of ducks in the distance and decided to check them out, paddling very slowly toward them, trying to wrangle them toward shore.  As I got closer I discovered that they were beautiful Goldeneyes.