6/28/2024 We anchored (only took three times) in beautiful Codville Lagoon and were excited to see another Nordhavn, Pendana, anchored there who we had previously connected with because they were travelling to Alaska this summer with their three kids. We did get to meet Brian but the kids and his wife were in for the night, and they took off early the next morning. We will be playing leapfrog with them up the inside passage, so hopefully we can meet up again.
The next morning, we geared up to take the kayaks in for a hike. We took a beautiful, fun (a tree-root scramble) up to Sagar Lake. Weather was great, and we all stripped to t-shirts by the time we got to the top. We took time to take pictures and enjoy the sandy beach. We spotted a bathroom sign, which led to a small, isolated spot to take a a natural bathroom break with a beautiful view (for my Grand Canyon gals, very a la Groover). We told the kids their assignment was to create an art piece out of natural (duh) materials. My artistic Kathryn won, of course, with her turtle. Unfortunately, the flies won the game of hide and seek and we skedaddled back down to the kayaks.
We continued on boating and anchored in Shearwater, in the territory of the Heiltsuk Nation, so we could run into town to get rid of trash and stock up on Fruity Pebbles. We had a very long wait for dinner and played an intense game of Battleship (Andrew and I won!) Also, shout out to Kathryn, my always-prepared for everything daughter, who always brings cards (and slime!) to dinner. We have been playing a lot of fun games of Trash while waiting for meals. On our way back to the Fournado, we ran into a sailing family (kids 9 and 12) who just got back to BC after a year-long trip from BC to Mexico to Hawaii. It was great to hear about their experience and soak up their advice.
