We left Desolation Sound yesterday and arrived in Gorge Harbour on Cortes Island. After two nights at anchor (the second a little windy, with more wind in the forecast), we decided a night at a dock would be nice. Well, the forecast for a little wind changed into a whole lot of wind, and then into a gale warning (which is way more than a whole lot of wind). Most of the boats up here right now are holed up until things moderate a little, where we were planning to go next we could still probably make it to, but the direction and strength of the wind makes it nearly impossible to get out of the dock we are at without a very exciting game of bumper-boats, and since we're comfy and protected here, we're staying put.
We've taken the opportunity to explore the island some. We hiked over to "Whale Town" today, which consisted of a general store which is closed while its being remodeled, a cafe which was closed with no posted hours, a library open Fridays 1:30 to 3:30, a post office open only Monday, Wednesday, and Friday afternoons, and the tiny church pictured above. So much for town. There's a very nice restaurant up the way which we've had lunch at, but dinner at $35+ Canadian comes out to, eh... $35+ American. Maybe next time.
We're doing a lot of reading, watched some movies on the laptop (thanks Dave), and fortunately can hop onto the marina's wireless internet connection to keep ourselves occupied. If we are still here tomorrow we're going to try to hitchhike (Nancy for some reason is really excited about this - the harbour master says thats how a lot of people get around here) to the other side of the island where they are having a music festival this weekend.
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Hi Cory and Nancy,
If you are still in Gorge Harbor, we recommend a trip to the park near Manson's Landing. There's a nice swimming lake there. Sorry to hear you are headed south so soon. We plan to head back to the boat (in Bellingham) on Wednesday, and will start working our way north. If the winds are from the NW, we recommend a stop at Tribune Bay on Hornby Island (nice swimming). Deep Bay on Jedediah Island is nice too.
Well, b/c of this whole sailing "obsession" of yours you missed the Brewers Festival....ok, you didn't miss much, it was same as always; beer, beer and more beer in the glorious sunshine...
So where are you now?
Ummm, yeah, it has been almost two weeks without an update. Get cracking. How's the sailing? What kind of food are you preparing? Read any good books? How infrequently are you bathing? Inquiring minds want to know...
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