Eric, Dad, and David charted a 36′ Trawler Cat out of Anacortes, Washington. From there we headed north to Canada and the Gulf Island. Our journey covered over 300 miles and visited such scenic locations as: Princess Louisa Inlet, Pender Harbour, Jedediah and Lasqueti islands, Nanaimo, “Mural city” Chemainus, Cowichan Bay, and Roche Harbor.
After the the boating leg of the journey we spent Saturday at the Seattle Boats-a-Float boat show on Lake Union in Seattle. All in all we had a very good time and surprisingly good weather for mid-September.
Next year we’ll probably head even farther north into the Desolation Sound region.
We (Amber & David, Eric, and parents Kenneth & Sherrill) left on 7/25 from Anacortes for a week away on a chartered boat. Robin joined us in Vancouver 2 days later. We did this last year but the “women” didn’t stay on the boat the whole week. Fortunately I didn’t suffer much seasickness as I normally do, thanks to some herbal remedy from Emmie.
David and Eric did most of the navigation on the boat, with Dad helping (or not, depending on who you ask). Since I know nothing nautical, I tried to stay out of the way and counted lying down to prevent seasickness a major accomplishment.
We passed by many islands as usual and this time focused on staying near Vancouver longer, since we love that beautiful city in B.C. Unfortunately we hit a record heat wave for 3 days – never thought B.C. could get this HOT and humid!
David and I then spent a few more days in Vancouver by ourselves. Got a nice suite at Westin Grand, right by the VPL (Vancouver Public Library) with free wi-fi! It was a wonderful place to people watch, read, or catch up on work and email.
I wish we could have stayed longer in Vancouver but we have to fly out to Austin (through Seattle) for a prescheduled event.
We visited Seattle, Anacortes, Vancouver and Victoria (B.C.) during the cool of winter. Not as enjoyable as our summer visits in this region but we still loved the scenery.
