14 April 2019
Spring 2019 - Lyall Harbour
20.04.19 // Categories: Spring 2019
Saturday April 20, 2019
OK, it got a little windy last night and the boat she was a rockin'. Not too bad, nothing that made us want to move, but Queen Bella was a little unhappy. The wind calmed down again around 5:00am and everyone went back to a good sleep.
Spent the morning on the boat on computers and futzing around. The weather was clear and sunny. Had some lunch. Then Ocean Flyer came over and picked us up and we went for a dingy cruise. Headed over to the park in Winter Cove and went for a walk over to Boat Passage. The tide was certainly still coming down because the current running out into the Straight was huge! Quite windy on this side too.
A nice walk around and we came back to our boats and then sun was shining and the wind laid down so it was time to soak up some rays while the getting was good! Here's proof:
OF picked us up for the "long walk" up to the cafe for dinner. Google maps said it was 1.7km or 1 mile each direction. Course it's uphill getting there! It went by very quickly and we were about 20 mins early for our 6:45 reservation, but they said they could accommodate us and off we went in for dinner. There were 3 appetizer choices, 2 dinner choices, and 1 dessert choice. But it all looked really good!! There was only 1 waitress and she was run off her feet as the place was full up (even with Prawn Fest!). Linen table clothes and bottled water on the table and a really cozy atmosphere. Lamb (the island specialty) for B&K and Cioppino for G&J. Good beer, good wine, and excellent chocolate mousse for dessert made for a lovely evening.
OK, it got a little windy last night and the boat she was a rockin'. Not too bad, nothing that made us want to move, but Queen Bella was a little unhappy. The wind calmed down again around 5:00am and everyone went back to a good sleep.
Spent the morning on the boat on computers and futzing around. The weather was clear and sunny. Had some lunch. Then Ocean Flyer came over and picked us up and we went for a dingy cruise. Headed over to the park in Winter Cove and went for a walk over to Boat Passage. The tide was certainly still coming down because the current running out into the Straight was huge! Quite windy on this side too.
A nice walk around and we came back to our boats and then sun was shining and the wind laid down so it was time to soak up some rays while the getting was good! Here's proof:
OF picked us up for the "long walk" up to the cafe for dinner. Google maps said it was 1.7km or 1 mile each direction. Course it's uphill getting there! It went by very quickly and we were about 20 mins early for our 6:45 reservation, but they said they could accommodate us and off we went in for dinner. There were 3 appetizer choices, 2 dinner choices, and 1 dessert choice. But it all looked really good!! There was only 1 waitress and she was run off her feet as the place was full up (even with Prawn Fest!). Linen table clothes and bottled water on the table and a really cozy atmosphere. Lamb (the island specialty) for B&K and Cioppino for G&J. Good beer, good wine, and excellent chocolate mousse for dessert made for a lovely evening.
Spring 2019 - Bellingham to Lyall Harbour
19.04.19 // Categories: Spring 2019
Friday April 19, 2019
Although the plan was to stay on the boat last night, by the time Greg got home from dumping all the groceries on the boat in the pouring rain, and seeing that the rain was going to continue, we decided to not go down to the boat after dinner. Stayed nice and cozy.
So up at 6:30 this morning and packed up all the last minute items and did some last minute house cleaning (of course!) and we were at the boat by 8:00. Got things put away and left the dock at 9:00 heading for Port Browning. The first part of Bellingham Bay was a little lumpy with small whitecaps, but by the time we were half way through it had already settled down a bit. Up Hale Passage was lovely and perfect for coffee time. As we came out the north end we were greeted with flat calm water and a following current which at one point carried us up to 11.9 knots!
Ocean Flyer was still in Port Browning so we waved at them as we hovered outside the dock. Greg wanted to go inside the breakwater to check out the new dock system but it made the (very young) Harbour Master a little nervous as he had a bunch of boats coming in. So we turned around and left and followed Ocean Flyer over to Lyall Harbour where it was calm and lovely. Got anchored up on the north side and quite happy that the anchor and systems still worked. It had been quite some time since we had used them and we had not done our pre-season checkout!
Put the dingy in the water just as it started to rain and headed over to Ocean Flyer for a visit. While there we made plans and the weather cleared up nicely. We decided that we should go to the pub for dinner! Back to Spellbound for a bit, and then OF picked us up in their dingy and we headed to the public dock to look around and have dinner. It turns out that tomorrow is "Prawn Fest" on Saturna Island (who knew?) and there was a dinner (all you can eat prawns) and a dance (do you have to do the prawn dance?). We decided to pass since we already had reservations at the Saturna Island Cafe.
Dinner was great! Even with Dark Matter beer.
Although the plan was to stay on the boat last night, by the time Greg got home from dumping all the groceries on the boat in the pouring rain, and seeing that the rain was going to continue, we decided to not go down to the boat after dinner. Stayed nice and cozy.
So up at 6:30 this morning and packed up all the last minute items and did some last minute house cleaning (of course!) and we were at the boat by 8:00. Got things put away and left the dock at 9:00 heading for Port Browning. The first part of Bellingham Bay was a little lumpy with small whitecaps, but by the time we were half way through it had already settled down a bit. Up Hale Passage was lovely and perfect for coffee time. As we came out the north end we were greeted with flat calm water and a following current which at one point carried us up to 11.9 knots!
Ocean Flyer was still in Port Browning so we waved at them as we hovered outside the dock. Greg wanted to go inside the breakwater to check out the new dock system but it made the (very young) Harbour Master a little nervous as he had a bunch of boats coming in. So we turned around and left and followed Ocean Flyer over to Lyall Harbour where it was calm and lovely. Got anchored up on the north side and quite happy that the anchor and systems still worked. It had been quite some time since we had used them and we had not done our pre-season checkout!
Put the dingy in the water just as it started to rain and headed over to Ocean Flyer for a visit. While there we made plans and the weather cleared up nicely. We decided that we should go to the pub for dinner! Back to Spellbound for a bit, and then OF picked us up in their dingy and we headed to the public dock to look around and have dinner. It turns out that tomorrow is "Prawn Fest" on Saturna Island (who knew?) and there was a dinner (all you can eat prawns) and a dance (do you have to do the prawn dance?). We decided to pass since we already had reservations at the Saturna Island Cafe.
Dinner was great! Even with Dark Matter beer.