Ahoy from sunny Lund. We arrived here after a short motor (2.5 hrs) ride from Beach Gardens Marina at Grief Point. We had a wonderful visit with our friends in Powell River…lots of laughter, lots of crib and even a game of Jenga… all good for the soul. We were also spoiled rotten with fantastic dinners. It was hard to leave but Desolation Sound was calling and there was finally a break in the very windy conditions. Not that wind is a bad thing (after all, we are a sailboat) but there's a limit to how much wind is comfortable for us… and when the numbers get higher than 20 or the seas look horribly lumpy… we tend to kick back and open another book. Yesterday was the best day to leave and so we did. Winds were light and seas were comfortable and we wanted to get to Lund in time to take advantage of other cruisers leaving Lund to carry on their way… and so me motored on up there and actually got our favourite slip at the dock. We were also happy to meet some very nice folks who arrived and took the other side of the dock and enjoyed good chats back and forth about boating and life in general.
We'll be here for, we think, one more day and will be watching weather predictions closely. The winds right now are still swirling (back and forth) and the gusts are reaching into the 20's so we shall just have to wait for a break before moving into Desolation Sound. On the good side, Kathy has discovered that we can purchase (still kicking) prawns from the prawn boats when they come in to unload… awesome.
That s all my news for now. Even though each of us have visited Desolation Sound dozens of times over our life span…we are still excited to see it again and expect to also explore places we haven't been to before (as well as our favourite haunts:-).
Thanks for following along… I hope you get to explore new places too… from time to time and as the mood takes you. TTFN. CJ
