It’s been a great week and things are going very well. The boat has travelled 362 miles this week, since Olympia; we have met some really great, interesting people and it has been a pleasurable time being part of a flotilla.
About an hour after we cleared customs via cell phone we looked up to see a boat with a flashing blue light barreling up on our port side. We pulled over and 2 Canadian Mounties boarded our boat to verify our documentation. It was a bit startling since we have never been stopped in Canada before. They were very friendly which helped our fast beating hearts to calm down.
Even though we have traveled each day, there has been time enough to take hikes, explore the places that we have visited, do boat keeping, relax and visit with the folks on the flotilla. We are one of the smallest boats, therefore the slowest, except a smaller sailboat and a smaller but fast 30 foot Cutwater, planing hull boat. We are the first to leave and the last to arrive. But it is alright, Ellie K is one of the simplest and easiest to operate.
We were able to buy fresh prawns off the boats as they came in for the day. I sautéed them with a recipe from one of the other boats and we wished we had bought more. The next morning as we were preparing to leave, our boat neighbor handed us freshly baked cinnamon buns. They were even better then ones from a local bakery.
We spent a night in Prideaux Haven which is usually bumper to bumper boats anchored there. There was only one other boat when we arrived and a few showed up that evening. It was great to be able to spend a night there without a huge crowd.
Last night we had a fabulous dinner at Blind Channel Marina. I had only stopped there for a short visit to the store and I had dropped of Becky there to catch a water Taxi to Campbell River in 2010.
Today we are in Lagoon Cove in The Broughton Archipelago. It is fun revisiting places that we have been before, now under new owners and rebounding after Covid. We are some of the first of the season and definitely the first large group, so the marinas are practicing on us.
The weather has been outstanding! Warm and blue skies with a bit of breeze. Tomorrow looks like it may change a bit and get cooler. We are eating well and taking turns with chores. Having my sister, Sue on board has been great. She is the first person to put together a puzzle while underway.
We look forward to new amazing views and adventures as we continue to move North.
We apologize if the pictures take a while to publish. Becky is still figuring out the postings.
