We stayed in Pender Harbor today and played. Absolutely 5 star day up here. It was a bit windy in the morning and cool but sunny. We took the Kayaks out for about 3 hours and paddled all over this harbor. It is probably the neatest place to explore by kayak for a populated area. The harbor is actually about 6 seperate bays all with their own character. we paddled through a narrow channel, about two feet deep into Bargain Bay and had a great time. We came back and I was sent on a mission to find a restaurant to take Chris to for mothers day. As it turns out there are not a lot of options here. Two of the three restaurants listed are all closed down. Irvines landing and its pub is closed down and it looks like the prperty all around there has been subdivided into lots. The lots look a bit precarious to build on, quite steep and rocky but thats par for the course up here it appears. Most homes are sitting on rock ledges over the water.
The restaurant that was located in the old missionary hospital has also closed down. So the only option is the Garden bay Pub. There is a new resort and marina being built and as of our visit it is not yet open but supposedly there will be an upscale restraurant there. From the looks of it it will be quite nice.
We went over to the Garden Bay pub and were pleasantly surprised. There was a small local crowd and a live band. Apparently every Sunday afternoon there is a jam session with local musicians. Apparently they have nothing better to do up here in the winter than to practice because these people were really good. Not your average kareoke group. There was this one guy with a fiddle that was amazingto listen to. Then they had a visitor who played classical spanish guitar and he was phenominal. They all looked a bit rough around the edges but they could play and sing.
Oh yea, we had a fantastic meal as well. If you ever get up here you have to try the seafood chowder. Even Chris's chowder looses out to this one. There was every type of seafood imaginable in their except maybe squid. Oysters, muscles in the shell, salmon, clams, crab legs and shrimp. Best I have ever had and it was a full meal, not just a small cup like most places serve.
The wind died down completely in the afternoon and the water is like glass tonight. It is clear and cold and tomorrow should be about the same. Another weather front is moving in and it does not look too good for Tuesday or Wednesday. .
We are about the only tourist up here right now. Were surrounded by working boats tonight, not another recreational boat in sight. I guess were about the first northbound boat this season by the looks of things.
Were moving north tomorrow, probably Lund or Squirrel Cove and wait for Glen and Liz there.
From Lund it is an easy run to Yaculta, Guilliard and Dent Rapids. We need to be at Yaculta half an hour before slack tide at Guilliard in order to make it through Dent at high water slack. This is where you want to make sure your timing is right because Chris and Liz are not gong to be happy campers if we misjudge the tides and currents here. It is not a pretty picture watching a 43 foot boat spin in circles in the whirlpools especially if your on it at the time. If we time it right we can ride the ebb tide north to Greenpoint rapids and once past that the second challenging navigation problem is behind us. Only about a dozen more to go.
Still not luck on my Yahoo email. Everything else works but I still cannot read my email when I use the Verizon card.
Still no luck on my AIS but I got a good response from the Jeppson software tech. He emailed me on Chris's hotmail account with some things to check and I am closer to a solution but not yet there.
Hope everyone had as nice a mothers day as we did, it can't get much better
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