About 1:00 we cast off and headed out into a pretty stiff
breeze. The sun was still out, but it
was definitely cooler than yesterday. A
newspaper we bought in town forecast sunny days ahead, but highs only in the mid
to upper 60’s. I have a definite feeling
that we are getting cheated out of summer this year.
Once again we didn’t have a specific destination for
today. We decided to cruise down Long
Harbor to see if that might be a good spot to stay. Long Harbor is on the same island as Ganges
(the biggest island in the Gulf Islands by far) and is a long, skinny inlet
that roughly parallels Ganges Harbor and is very close. On the chart, it looks like the fingers of a
glove where the fingers are land and the spaces between are the harbors. We’ve been by Long Harbor a million times,
but never ventured in.
It is very pretty.
The BC Ferries stop about midway down; if you are coming by ferry to
Ganges, this is where you would get off and then drive probably 15 – 20
minutes. We passed the ferry terminal
and went to the head of the bay, where there was a tiny private marina and
several boats tied to permanent buoys.
It looked nice, but we chose not to stay there this time. We turned around and made the very short hop
across Captain Passage to one of our favorite spots, Selby Cove on Prevost Island.
We’ve never seen more than a couple other boats here, and
today was no exception. The cove is
wooded all around with tall evergreens and a few Madronna trees, or Arbutus as
the Canadians call them. By the time we
finally got situated it was about 3:30, we spend the rest of the day reading,
barbequing, and watching the sunset:
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