Friday September 15, 2017

We left at low tide this morning. We targeted leaving at 8:00 but it was closer to 8:30 by the time we left as Byron scouted out the squeaky channel to get back into the outer bay. We didn't have too much water under the keel, but certainly enough.

We got out there and it was OK, but not great. We went around the backside of Bowen into Howe Sound and it got a bit better. We saw Steve and Cathy's family cabin going around Hood Point. We got to the other side and it was really crappy. Had to wait for a ferry to go ahead of us before going in. Called the marina and he told us we were on "E Hammerhead" but we had no idea what that meant. Turns out that "hammerhead" is the perpendicular dock at the end of a finger. So we were both on the inside of the "hammerhead". Of course we passed it coming in, but he was there on the dock to direct us back. Lot's of small fishing boats coming in in a hurry behind EG. Didn't really care that they had to wait for us. Michael was the person running the place and he was great.

Got everything set and then went up to check in and go for lunch in town. Since we weren't sure when we were going to leave, Michael said to just leave it for now, and come back whenever we knew what we were doing. Went to "The Snug Cafe" again for a coffee and a sandwich and is was again great as we could take Miss B. It was quite warm and sunny outside too. Greg really wanted ice cream so back down to get some. Then back to the boats for some cleaning and vacuuming! Sue and I also walked up to the Ruddy Potato to get a few groceries. We had a team meeting and decided that we would stay for a few days and wait out the storm coming in. We would try and rent a car and spend some time on the mainland instead of leaving right away and waiting out the storm somewhere else.

Steve and Cathy came over on the 4:45 ferry and they got another Spellbound tour and then we had some drinks and appy's on EG. Cathy had made dinner reservations at Tuscany for 7:00. They had the reservation, but they hadn't actually assigned us a table so it was a little squishy. Good restaurant and we had a great dinner. Back to the boats for a short time, and then it was time for them to catch the ferry back. The docks were quite dark given that they were …. docks, so we needed flashlights to navigate them.