Everything was on schedule while we raised the anchor with
hopes of making the slack at Seymour Narrows on time. We were fortunate to have the current with us
for today’s travel south down Discovery Passage which put us at the narrows 20
minutes early. The water was nice and flat
and the weather was very calm.
Going through the narrows we shared the space with several
commercial vessels and a navy ship.
There are three different marinas in Campbell River, each
protected by its own breakwater. We
choose to stay at the northernmost and largest marina, the Discovery Harbour
Marina for 2 nights. We got a slip very
close to the head of the dock which makes it convenient doing our usual chores
while we are here. Our plans are to depart
Friday to continue south.
Campbell River is a good central location to run errands,
and has good internet services for work and the blog. We were excited to see at the top of the
entrance ramps to the marina a good sized mall which has both a Target and a
Starbucks! LOL! I haven’t seen a real
stand alone Starbucks (the grocery store Starbucks don’t count!) since Nanaimo
last May! Though Bruce will sorely miss Tim
Horton’s when we leave Canada!
While doing laundry at the marina on Thursday, I looked up
and saw our friend from the West Coast Work Boat Association (WWBA) Terry standing in
the doorway!! What a pleasant surprise!
Terry has been following the blog and knew that we were in
Campbell River so he decided to come and pay us a visit. Since Terry recently sold his fish boat Eagle
Rock he has been looking to buy another boat & Campbell River was on the
way to see a boat that was for sale.
His plan was to meet his brother and the two of them were
going to look at an RV for sale (in addition to the boat) that was located nearby. It was nice to both see Terry and meet his
brother.
One of the evenings we were in Campbell River we decided to
have “movie night” on the back deck. The
weather was wonderful and it was dark enough to be able to see the movie on our
laptop. We haven’t been able to do this
so far this summer because as most of you know the sun stays out to late to
actually see the movie on the screen if you are outside!
Tomorrow our plan is to motor into Comox or if the weather
permits we will try and make it all the way to Nanaimo.
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