A short report today.
We crossed over into Canada and are now in the Canadian Gulf
Islands. Geologically, these islands
were formed at the same time as the San Juans, but they always appear different
to us in both appearance and character.
They’re not nearly as populated as the San Juans, and the people who do
live here are very nice, low key, rural living folks. Over the last decades the San Juans’
population has grown considerably, and with that comes a completely different
attitude – more like the suburbs of a big city.
We really like the Gulf Islands.
We cleared customs at the port of Bedwell Harbor, on South
Pender Island. A quick, routine
stop. About one half hour later, we were
putting down the anchor at Medicine Beach, North Pender Island. These two islands used to be one, connected
by a thin strip of land, but in 1903 they cut a canal through the strip so
boats could pass and built a bridge over the canal so cars could too. We stayed at Medicine Beach for the first
time last year and liked it. It’s
uncrowded and peaceful. Here’s what it
looks like from shore, we were the lone power boat among three sailboats::
We took a walk up the hill and found that the small grocery
store had gone out of business due to family problems, too bad. The adjacent liquor store was still open,
however, and some cold beer sounded pretty good on what was turning into a hot
day.
That’s about it. We
lounged around in the sun the rest of the afternoon, commenting several times
on how good it felt!
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