By breakfast time the otter family had already moved on and the weather had begun improving, just in time to motor back on the Danny J. It had been a very satisfying party the night before and then the otter family put on an entertaining show.  But now it was time to leave.  We hitched a ride to the Saltry with Clem, who might have a future driving for Uber.

After boarding, there was an unusual chance to see a pig being butchered.  You see lots of fish being cleaned in the bay.  Not so many pigs.

Dave inspects the pig.

Leaving the Cove: the usual crossing shots.

Geometric reflections, both hard and soft, chased us during the crossing.

And some less-usual shots, after post-processing to push contrast and color to emphasize texture:    

Even the gulls in Homer Harbor couldn't stop talking about the party.

Thanks to Captain Elsa for returning us to Homer.

I'll load more Cove shots from the weekend in a Fish n' Chips Gallery pretty soon and will add the gallery link to each of the four Fish n' Chips posts.

See you next year.

Here, by the way, is a direct link to the gallery showing more images from the weekend: http://bobeastaughimagery.zenfolio.com/p127234732