June 25, 26 , 27 Friday , Saturday, Sunday 2010 Pender Harbour.

No new boats arrive from BYC. We do one more shopping before the kids arrive. They arrive earlier than we planed- great. The large deck was great for them to run around in. Sherri brought 2 play pens for the kids to sleep in so one didn't have to worry about them escaping during the night. Sherri and Gerry drove to Egmont and hiked to the Skookumchuck to see the rapids at the change of tides. We baby sat of coarse. David Thompson and Neil Anderson left at 5am Saturday leaving only 2 boats at the dock.

REMEMBER-mistakes are just something you make on the way to success.

June 24 Thursday 2010 Pender Harbour

It rained last night, overcast in the morning and sunny and hot the rest of the day. 2 more BYC boats arrive- Dave and Penny (Oceanaire) and Bill and Eileen (Ceilidh). One BYC boat anchors out. We offer him our boat to raft up to but he declines.(Norush) as he is leaving at 5am tomorrow. We dingy over to Henrey's so Bill can get his ice cream fix. It's in the evening that I discover I have left my bathing suit in the RV. Penny ,Sue and I take a wine up to the hot tub . I go in my underwear.(men all down on the dock.

REMEMBER-Be yourself everyone else is taken.

pender harbour

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June 23 Wednesday 2010 Pender Harbour

Sunny again. We watch the eagle. 4 BYC boats leave before noon. It is hot enough to put our Bimini up. We take the dingy down. It starts on the first crank. We drive around to Irvings Landings and do some grocery shopping in Maderia Park. We have happy hour on Sue and Neils boat. The cleaning lady comes on Wednesday and the garbage is picked up today too.

REMEMBER-Hope is the spark that brings dreams to life.

lots of flowers all around

June 22 Tuesday 2010 Pender Harbour

Sunny but cool. Sherri and Gerry ,Carter and Madison decide to come here and stay in the big house Saturday. We book the Master bedroom . $25 a night. Can't beat that. We have a full house tonight. 6 boats. Neil and Sue raft up to us. It was a wonderful summer day . Finally

REMEMBER-happiness is the best face lift.

Pender Harbour

June 21 Monday 2010 Pender Harbour

overcast in Morning but sunny in afternoon. I walk around the area and go to the provincial park dingy dock . None of the beaches are kid friendly. No sand basically all large boulders. But there is a lake beach a short driving distance away. Shirley invites us for lunch . We have it in the big house. Another small boat arrives. Jeff and his 2 buddies. We have a happy hour together.

REMEMBER-some good comes from every change.

Pender Harbour-Garden Bay

June 18 Friday 2010 Gibsons June 18,19, 20.

We leave Bowen around noon. No one at Gibsons BYC dock until latter ( 3 more boats). Kenny comes down and leaves a Lincen to drive while we are there. They come for happy hour and invite us for dinner Saturday. Saturday is sunny so I walk lower Gibsons. Many new stores and galleries. We decide to drive to Sechelt. Again more new stores and galleries. I shop for dairy products. We stop at lower Gibsons so Bill can see some of the new shops. Off to Ken and Lindas for a delicious dinner. We wake up early Sunday but do not leave until noon. Water is good coming to Pender Harbour weather overcast. Only one boat here ( Don and Shirley). Sun comes out so we all come up to our command and have a happy hour. Now this is what boating is all about.

REMEMBER-When you think you can't try again.

Aug.17 Friday Pender Harbour. We wake up to Clark and Shelia leaving in the rain. It brightens up slightly and we lower the dingy and head over to the grocery store.Burrr 4 one of our BYC boats has a portable hot tub and the blow it up and put it in the water. What next. See photo

Aug 18 Saturday Pender harbour. 2 boats leave and we move over to allow for 2 more BYC boats to come out of anchor. Rain,sun rain sun all day long.

Aug 19 Sunday Pender Harbour-Every one leaves but us. We stay one more day and do laundry. 4 more BYC boats arrive and it is a beautiful sunny day.

August 15 Wednesday- another early rise as we have 2 rapids to go through. A very heavy dew falls on the boat last night .We get a good start and go all the way to Powel River. The first stop is the internet café. Shelia and I walk the lower part of town checking out art galleries Garry Salmon was here when we arrived with his new boat. He left and Rick and Beverly took his place. Shelia and I had our last game of scrabble.

August 16 Thursday- Pender harbour. We get a 9am start. The weather is changing. The water is a little lumpy but nothing we couldn’t handle. Bill drives on top even though it is pouring rain. I was nice and warm downstairs with the bus heater on (wimp). We arrive in Pender Harbour 12:30 and the sun is showing it’s face. We get a call from our wagon master for our Australia trip wanting to know if we wanted to sigh up for some extras. One was the bridge walk in Sidney -$185 . I dicided it was a once in a lifetime experience so say yes Bill doesn’t want to, I also sigh up for a $80 one hour massage in New Zealand. Clark and Shelia are here too and we go for a walk to the far end of the lake. There art 9 BYC boats here tonight and it pours rain all night.

June24 Sunday Pender Harbour We walk to John Henreys to see what is new buy a newspaper and head back as Shannon & Ethan are arriving. They anchor in the bay just behind us. We take them to the pub for dinner and have a good visit.