Tuesday June 8-We left Secret Cove at 9:30 this morning and made it into Union Steamship Company Marina on Bowen Island at 3PM. We had to wait for the ferry to go by just as we entered the marina but other wise it was an OK trip. I have decided I really do get seasick. The seas were a little bumpy with waves on the stern and wind at our backs, but not much to keep us straight. I started feeling anxious and then unhappy in the tummy pretty soon. I eat and try to meditate and read and try to doze but nothing helps till we quit moving. I am very grateful we will be in the marina for two days at least. If there is little rolling around, I am OK, but as soon as the seas build up and start rolling us around, I hate it. Next time we go out I'm going to try something to see if I can fight it off.
We got here early enough for Gary to make arrangements for an opthomalogist to meet him tomorrow to check out the condition of his eye. I called the marina this morning, telling them we needed to get to Vancouver to see an MD, and by the time we were here, they had found a woman who lives on the island and has a practice in Vancouver. She will pick Gary up early tomorrow and take him to her clinic and see him before her other patients.Then he'll get the proper treatment for the problem and we'll all be relieved. We had planned to hang out here for four days for the other boats to catch up, but they can't come in here on Friday or Saturday because they are full up with boats for the Round Bowen Island Race this weekend. We'll be crossing over to Silva Bay on Thursday or Friday, depending on the good weather. We won't go if it is a real blow out in the Strait of Georgia. Then we have to rethink our schedule of places to visit because the schedule has changed so much. We'll be in touch with other boats and let them know as we go along. We have plans for a nice dinner out tonight. We are tired after two long days and that will be a treat for everyone. We are having fun, but we feel a little beat up, too. More later on the continuing story of Desolation Sound with a Difference Cruise. Jim and Virginia
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