Tuesday, July 21, 2015
Today we awoke to thousands of mayflies covering the boat. It rained several times yesterday evening, but it had stopped before it got dark. Mayflies hatch at sundown, which is around 9:30 up here, and we were already tucked inside by then so we didn’t notice anything until we got up this morning. Since they live for only one day, it seemed a shame to hose them off immediately, but around 10:30 Brian finally went out and hosed them off. Seagulls and Canadian geese swarmed around the boat to nip them off the surface of the water. A real feast! The good thing is that the mayflies stayed outside. They got into and under everything, but they don’t bite and can easily be picked off and thrown into the water.
In Snug Harbor, we went in the dinghy to an excellent restaurant called Gilly’s. I had fish chowder and a berry salad, and Brian had fish and chips. It was well worth the trip; probably the best restaurant-meal we’ve had on this trip. The man there told us that this was the first day of the annual week-long Mayfly hatch (but luckily as we traveled northwest, they did not travel with us).
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