The day was uneventful and we arrived at the East Sukoi Island in plenty of time to find a campsite. The tide had finally relaxed enough for us to camp on the beach! We didn't have to crash through the brush and find flat spots in the Forest Primeval! There was a high tide at 6:30 in the evening and then the next high tide, which was a little lower, didn't arrive until the next morning. However, the experience of being flooded out of our tents at Bussy Creek was still heavy in everyone's minds. So everyone waited until we saw the 6:30 high tide come and go before they set up their tents.
Despite being very close to Petersburg and Civilization, the Sukoi Islands still felt very remote. We had a beautiful view north up Frederick sound as we set up camp, cooked and ate our dinner, and rested on our beach. Late in the evening a whale finally swam by. It was pretty far from shore, we could see it blowing but it took binoculars to see the black back humping up. Lisa is still skeptical but has to admit that there may be something to this whale myth.