We spent two days hooked to the dock at Parker, enjoying the hospitality of our hosts Herb & Karen Berry. They have created a wonderful maze of trails on their property, which connect to trails on adjacent properties, so there’s lots of walking in the woods to enjoy. The cool woods were also the place to be on two very hot days, with temperatures in the 90’s—weather we are totally unused to in the northwest. Imagine doing your computer work in the woods. The picture shows Phil doing just that, making use of a kindly neighbor’s internet connection.
On Wednesday, the Berrys left for a two-day sailing cruise and serendipitously our boating friends Anne Kilkenny and Jon Navieux, whose Wise Island cabin is a short dinghy ride away from Parker, noticed our boat and invited us for cocktails and dinner.
Thursday we moved to Ganges Harbor to stock up on the fresh fruits, vegetables and wine you can’t bring across the border, plus get Canadian cash and miscellaneous items we forgot to bring along like the card reader for my camera so I can now share pictures as I go. I also popped into the local thrift store to purchase a couple more halter tops. My supply of them is quite small and with this hot weather, they’re the only thing I’m wearing. Dropped my first crab pot of the season and came up with one female—a disappointing start. But that lone crab had eaten hardly any of my delicious salmon head so back into the freezer it went for another try.
Friday we spent a long day motoring to get up to Pender Harbor. There was a little bit of wind (maybe 10 knots) and better yet, a favoring current, so we motorsailed, arriving about 4:30 pm after an early 6:30 am start. We tied to the side of our friends’ boat (Jack & Judy Charlton) on Mary Islet, the small island they own in the middle of Pender Harbor. Unfortunately they’re not there, so we’re hoping to connect with them on our way back down. Instead we’ve joined in BC Day celebrations and a wooden boat show we found in the harbor. Tomorrow we’ll move to Lund for a night or two, visiting other friends and hoping to get our leaking dinghy outboard motor fixed, so we’re not limited to rowing distances. That’s always the fun of sailing—discovering and fixing problems, while enjoying stupendous scenery!
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