The gentle rain provided an excuse for me to be quite lazy in Vancouver. Badly jet lagged I would crash mid afternoon each day. Just about every building and alleyway in Vancouver was seen through the car window as rain drops slid by.
We spent a great afternoon with one of Hamish’s friends, Julian, who works in a Harbor just north of the city. He got us a rental boat free of charge ( ! ) and showed us around Howe Sound. Rumors of dolphins and killer whales took us all over the sound in search, alas, with the exception of some fat lazy seals, no sea mammals were sighted.
A remote and rocky beach called to us and before we knew it, we had landed there and were standing up fallen trees in some work of modern natural art. Several logs had chains through them, remnants of a previous life when they were dragged by a barge through the cold British Columbian waters.
Julian then proceeded to show us the best way to have fun in a rental boat...
So there is a ferry, a big’un too, that goes from Vancouver to Victoria on the island. And see this big ferry makes a big wake. And see when one drives over the wake at speed, one has the opportunity to give their propeller a bit of fresh air. So, needless to say, Julian took us over the ferry wake a fair few times.
I still cannot get over the beauty of the Pacific Northwest. Snowcapped mountains and evergreen forests as far as the eye can see. I look around mouth open at just about everything, the locals must think I’m an idiot.
A huge thank you to Julian for such a great day!
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