Well rested crews today, we sipped our coffees on the decks, chatting amongst the raft. Another low tide bear meandering along a neighboring shore. We pulled in the stern ties and hauled the anchors, ready for a short trip to the Deer Group Islands in Huu-ay-aht First Nations Territory. We had calm travels navigating through the Broken Group, keeping a close eye on our charts to sneak around the rocks. The ocean greeted us with rain and swells. Though we were not exposed for long, soon tucking into the Deer Group Islands. Each of us anchored, and the sun came up, lighting up the bay.

We went ashore for a walk along the sandy beach. There was sea asparagus growing along the shore, ripe evergreen huckleberries tucked into the rocks. Janet found a big moon snail shell, which are huge, beautiful, and predatory marine snails that live burrowed in the sandy substrate of eelgrass beds. We found some clam shells that had the characteristic drilled hole of a moon snail victim. The moon snails envelop their prey in their snaily folds, boring a hole into the shell with their radula and acidic secretions. We enjoyed climbing among the rocks, playing on a driftwood see-saw, and snooping amongst the tideline. Todd kindly took some photos of the Deception trio. Graced by a stellar sunset, the bay and the boats glowed orange as everyone relaxed and soaked it in. Off to bed early, for a long 72nm day tomorrow.