With the high wind and waves, we were invited to our first shore/rest day of the expedition. As we were finishing breakfast, Bev came by our campsite to say that if we could be there in 15 minutes, there was space for us on the boat tour to the Little Fogo Islands. We jumped into action to accept this most wonderful opportunity. Many thanks to @FogoIslandBoatTours including us!

We enjoyed the fluke waving and other antics of two humpback whales on the way out to the islands and seeing perhaps the same two doing full body breaches on the way back in.

The Little Fogo Islands were (and still somewhat are) seasonally inhabited. Fishers used them as a base to reach further out fishing grounds. The islands are also home to about 100,000 puffins.

This evening, Fraser organized a community potluck where we could share our experiences of the expedition so far, meet members of the Fogo Island community, and talk kayaking. The food was delicious and it was such a pleasure to share our expeditions stories.

A lovely sunset ended our day and the stouts (deer flies) came calling so we climbed into the tent to send off this update, check the weather, and drift off to sleep listening to the waves roll onto our beach.

We are conducting this expedition as RCGS Expedition Grantees and we thank the society for their support!