Friday August 25, 2017 - Happy Birthday Sue!

It got cold last night as the furnace came on in the middle of the night. But it was a lovely morning this morning, with blue sky! The nook was glassy and calm when we got up. We managed to squeeze a Telus signal out of the iPad and so I was able to do a little bit of email. It was very low tide this morning but no signs of any bears. We did see a group of 10 Merganzers cruising the area though.

We left around 10:30 to head up to Kwatsi. We went slow down Viner Sound so Greg put a rod out the back of Spellbound, but we saw nothing on the fish finder. Conditions were very calm and it was sunny and warm.

When we arrived at Kwatsi, Max was there but Anca was at a family gathering on the island and would not be back for a few days - we were sorry we were going to miss her. Rob and Sharon from Sirena had already arrived from Whatanna (sp?) Bay. We had something to eat upon arriving and then Byron and Greg put the prawn traps out. The afternoon was spent quite lazily enjoying the warm sun. I was even able to put on shorts and a T-shirt and did some sun worshipping on the flybridge.

Today is a potluck dinner at Kwatsi so we all bring a dish to share for dinner. I got started on making a greek pasta salad fairly early so it could "season". There were 3 other boats besides our 3 GB's - a converted fishboat called Ulf, GreyMalkin with Joel, Andy and Andy's mom Heather, and the regulars Beau and Deenaka on Beau-Dinky III. It started at 6pm and there was quite a lot of food and we ate well. Sue had made her famous corn casserole. People sat and talked until quite late which was nice. Once it was all over, we had the 6 of us on EG for birthday cake for Sue. I had bought a cake mix and pre-made icing at Sullivan and baked the cake in the morning on the way in. We had all had yummy brownies at the potluck, so this was "2nd dessert" and everyone was already pretty full, but hey, who can turn down chocolate cake.