Saturday September 23, 2017

Got going relatively early so that we could be at the Farmers Market in good time, and to try and catch up with OceanFlyer as well. No dogs allowed in the Farmers Market. (Stupid). So Greg ended up just hanging around the periphery. I went through quite quickly but would have loved to linger more. The problem was that we were going to be crossing back into the USA shortly and it's just easier to not have any fruits or veggies on the boat when that happens. So there was no point in loading up as unless it was "approved", we'd have to eat it right away or throw it away. So I bought Garden Art and preserves instead.

We had some coffee and "brunch" at TJ's coffee and ended up meeting another Grand Banks owner from San Juan Island. We walked around a bit and found the "Work Boat Rendezvous" camped out on the public dock there above. It was filled with re-built Tugs and Fishing Boats. There was a lot of gleaming wood on that dock! And it explained the number of "old time" boats we had seen cruising around. Then back to the boat where we did some chores in the bright sunlight. I made a pasta salad as well as an Apple Crumble to use up the apples before crossing the border.

While we were at TJ's having coffee, we saw a poster for a "ghost / night" walk through Ganges giving the local history of the island and area. It was pretty inexpensive so we signed up for it. We had an early dinner next to the marina at Taco Loco and had the most hugest burrito's I've seen since California. And I ate the whole thing. Then we had some time to kill before meeting the organizers at 7:00 at Peace Park. It ended up being a local couple, and they were slightly dressed up in historical costume. There were 7 of us total on the walk. It ended up being not quite as good as we hoped, but it was still fine. And we got some exercise at the same time and learned a thing or two about island history. One un-obvious thing I learned was that the first settlers (after the First Nations people) were African Americans. They were escaping persecution in the south and moved up north - to Saltspring Island evidently.

Back to the boat to rescue Miss B. Still too full so no Apple Crumble.