Hola. Yes, we have ‘set sail’ and will be exploring anchorages (old friends and new) as we creep up the coast a wee bit. Plans for an adventurous foray into the wilds of the Broughtons succumbed to the sober second review of our plans and we decided to take a more relaxed and leisurely approach to our familiar cruising grounds this year. While it’s cooler than July or August, the anchorages in June are less crowded and, hopefully, the sea food will find us. We’ve already had a wonderful feast of BC Spot Prawns ($$ but well worth it). They were right off the prawn boat shortly after it docked in Pender Harbour.
That being said, our northerly intentions have slowed down and we are hunkered into a small bay on Texada Island while we wait for Mother Nature to take a breath and ease up on her NW winds. Even though we’ve weathered worse, gusts of 30 and 35 knots are not to our liking these days so we’ve decided to get to know Texada a little better while we wait. That is, in fact, the theme of this years cruise… we’ll know where we’re going when we get there 😊.
We did have a little excitement while crossing from Nanaimo to Pender Harbour. We were joined by a couple Grey Whales paralleling our course. They, of course, had more horse power so we waved goodbye to them. They didn’t wave back but carried on their way north.
Hope all is well with each of you and your winds are to your liking. CJ
