Left Bedwell harbor after an amazing night. First a killer sunset stretched out down the bay, we were anchored at the bottom of the bay just outside of the resort.
The sky was so clear and laying on the bow in silence we saw 15 shooting stars. Amazing 15! One after another. Everyone was asleep on their boats at anchor. Lights out. Why does everyone go to bed so early?
We left Bedwell mid morning and cruised up to Ganges on Saltspring island. Quick trip took just over and hour at a close cruise.
This was the first time i 'pumped out' over board. It's illegal in the US but fine in Canada, which isn't surprising as they pump all their shit of vancouver island straight into the strait. Oh well there's a lot of sea and not a lot of crap on the boat, but felt good to not have to deal with the dockside pump out and just hit a button and the tanks are empty. Nice! Thank you Canadians, you're respect and openness to receiving my shit is most appreciated. This often starts a bit of a debate with boaters, but lets face it there are billions of gallons of Sea water and i have a 75 gallon tank, i think it can take it, and the Karma kicks in when we eat their crabs :-).
We made it to Ganges and circled the marina but decided to anchor again, we picked a spot on the south side of there bay and dropped anchor. All set in minutes and yet again we found ourselves in quiet waters only disturbed by the occasional sea plan taking off to our port side about 500 feet away. Nice to watch.
Ganges has a nice little town and we picked up a few bits and pieces and noticed the live music playing on the water front at night, so we made our way back to town in the evening and got a great spot at a really nice restaurant right on the water with an amazing couple singing and playing guitar all night.
We even found this little treat in the a local bakery.
These are a traditional English pastry from Lancashire, and they were amazing…
Now we had planned to spend a few more days in the Gulf islands but we had friends visiting Victoria so we decided to head down there, never stayed in Victoria Harbor before and we had got a slip right in front of the Empress Hotel right in the center of everything. So we took off reasonably early on our way to Victoria. Plotter was telling me around 3 hours, the skipper took us off…