Mill Bay, British Columbia
The Pacific Northwest showed it's snarly personality during our Salt Spring Island visit. Three days of rain and high winds plagued our visit. On the fourth day, we awoke to glorious blue skies and calm seas. Wasting no time, we cast off and pointed Amy Marie toward Mill Bay on Vancouver Island. This was a short trip of barely over 20 miles. We traveled south at 6 knots so Beth could cook a good breakfast and we could let the calm envelop us. The Gulf Islands are many and spread over a large area. Inter-island travel is by boat or seaplane. Our departure from Ganges was marked by a continuous stream of sea planes arriving or departing on a strip of water marked expressly for that purpose. Yes, a nautical landing strip! Watercraft were to stay outside this zone. I just love the head turning sound of a de Havilland Beaver round engine revving for takeoff. The PNW has resonated with this sound for the last 75 years as the Beaver f...