It’s a foggy, rainy morning, but the tide is high, so I suit up and start paddling up Khutze River. There’s a huge drying flat at the mouth, and even at high tide you can’t get very far up before you encounter rapids. But, I’m hoping with my kayak, I’ll be able to get a little further up than in our dinghy.

There are lots of grizzlies here, so I don’t want to get too close to shore in this shallow water.

I got far enough up river to find the remains of this old wharf I’d never seen before. It’s pretty crude, so it’s probably pretty old.

Pretty soon I only had a foot or less of water under me. Time to turn around. I decided to take some shots of the waterfalls.

I spotted these eagles perched in the trees, looking for salmon.

This immature eagle was looking hungry too.

Then I spotted this pair of eagles on a rock in the river.

This guy was really hating the rain.

I don’t know what this plant is, but it sure is pretty.

A beautiful 60 ft. motoryacht named Sea Jay came into the anchorage this morning. It’s tender, Sea Eagle, was bigger than some cruising boats. We watched them set at least 4 crab traps. Khutz is a great place to catch Dungeness crabs. When they pulled the traps this afternoon, they came by to ask us if we’d like some of their crabs. They had caught over 30! So, we now have 6 lovely Dungeness crabs and never even had to set a trap. Nice neighbors.

Khutze happens to be one of the best places to catch big Dungeness Crab.