Here Goes

Well, we made it to Canada. We left Oak Harbor in rain and it's rained every day since then. The first night at Coronet Bay we gathered for fresh herring caught off the dock. We are only three boats, Gary and Brynn on Sweet and Loyal and Ann on September Time. Sweet hosted everybody and Gary cooked the fish. He and Loyal are fishermen, so we hope to have more as we go along. It was actually pretty good-the fish that is. Gary dipped it in corn meal to fry in butter. I was surprised at how mild it was. The next morning, we jumped out of Deception Pass at 9AM and cruised up to Prevost Harbor on Stuart Island. That was on Thursday, May 27, and we had forgotten it was Memorial Day weekend. There were lots of boats in Prevost, but we managed to get the last three mooring bouys. Lucky us! That evening we went ashore to have a campfire and marshmallow roast. It was not raining and we had a peaceful night. The next morning, Friday, we moved out early(8AM) to get across to Bedwell Hbr to check in at customs. That was uneventful and then we motored all the way up to Clam Bay between Kuper and Thetis Islands. We were in there with only one other boat. During the early evening we heard a loud noise and it turned out to be a Canadian Coast Guard hover craft. Wow, do those things go. He zoomed by and then hung out for a while out at the reef outside the bay. Jim says he might have been checking out depths and other marine info'. It was a very fancy rescue boat! I had a long nap as soon as we got anchored. Our new anchor windlass works great. The radio works, the oven works, the lights work, the fridge works. So far so good. Right now we are in Fairwinds Schooner Cove Marina just a little north of Nanoose. It's much smaller than it looks in the books, but we got in pretty easy. One problem is they only have one 30 amp plug for our dock and we needed more than that. I guess bigger boats come in needing 50 amps. The bathroom is a hotel room and visitors go in and use the facilities one at a time. We will all have a shower no matter what! Tonight we'll have Happy Hour on the Karen Marie and plan our next day. Tomorrow we head to Comox. Hope we can quit wearing yellow slickers and rain pants but it doesn't look like it right away. Sure glad I bought my new boots. Next time we post, I hope to have some photos for everybody. Think good thoughts for sunshine. Signing Off-Jim and Virginia