Thursday August 31, 2017

Missed the internet "window" last night so caught up this morning. Greg went and picked up the crab traps. Our plan so far was to go to Port Harvey on Saturday, and then go down Johnstone to Blind Channel on Sunday. Well of course the morning forecast for Johnstone on Sunday has now changed completely from "light" to 15-25 knots. Pffft. We'll keep an eye on it.

It took us a while to leave the dock and it was close to 11:00 before we got out of there. Lot's of visiting and talking on the dock. We had a nice ride down and even Knight Inlet was not really too bad to cross. EG still had her tach's drop out so the fuse was not it. When we arrived, they had room for EG as they had made a reservation. We had not and so had to stand by while they decided where to put us. In the end it was fine, and they even had room for 2 other boats that came in behind us. They put a 60' Seline on the other side of the fuel dock. A bit of a Grand Banks convention with an old Alaskan, Peachy Keen (Mark and Billy), at one end, and Nordlys (John and Jean) out front.

They have ice cream treats in the freezer on the dock here, including some pints of Ben & Jerry's. We all grabbed the chocolate covered mint chocolate chip sandwiches instead. Byron and Greg went off and put the prawn traps out. A somewhat quiet afternoon on the boat as I got things ready for dinner, and also Happy Hour. Mark and Billy from Peachy Keen came down and introduced themselves and we talked about boat stuff.

At 5:00, we all headed up to Happy Hour up on the deck outside the Shop. It seemed like there were about 30 people there and Lagoon had put out a large bowl of prawns. We ended up talking to the folks from the Seline who were also "techy" people. The event broke up around 6:30 but we were all too full from snacking to think about dinner. So we went shopping at the emporium! Last time we were here they had not put anything in it yet, but now - wow! They had a fair amount of stuff. Wouldn't you know it that they had this cool jacket that looks great on me, and a really nice light sweatshirt that Greg liked. Wardrobe updated.

Greg, Bella, Sue and I all went for a short meander around the property while Byron tested some electrical connections related to his tach's. As part of the property sale, there had been some updates to the tank storage and to the generator area that Sue hadn't seen yet. We also continued on to the "exercise area" where Greg chopped some firewood, and also tried out the "bean toss". It always was, and still is, a beautiful piece of property.

Although no one was that hungry, we made Chicken Chili dinner on SB anyway so that we weren't hungry later. Watched some "Suits". Really really dark here at night too - need a flash light to walk the docks.