August long weekend in May

We left Friday night at 7. Motored to Gambier in the sun. Watched it set as we anchored.

The rest of the weekend was glorious. Sunshine and temperatures in the mid 20s. Saturday we hiked and played with the paddle board and took a part the diesel heater (can’t all be fun and games!)

Sunday was even warmer! We left mid morning for Bowen Island, dropped the anchor in Marion Bay and headed for Killarney Lake. Only there was a slight catch! literally! Our anchor was really hard to bring up. We had to drive forward and sideways and backwards before it finally came free. When we got it to the surface we had over 20 feet of 1.5 inch steel cable on the anchor. Halkett Bay has a long logging history and the bottom is littered with debris. Lucky for us we brought some of this relic to the surface, rather than having to leave our anchor on the bottom! On route Kolby’s parents called. They were taking their little Ranger Tug out and we planned to meet up later. The lake was lovely. So lovely in fact we both went swimming, something neither of us had done in that lake before! The water wasn’t even very cold, although the little one growing in Kristine objected and gave her a big kick! Later that afternoon it was still so hot on the water we jumped in the ocean! In May! Imagine that!