We just climbed back on Liberté after a late morning paddle around the cove. It is already warm. The sun is high and the sky is a washed out blue. An occasional flutter whispers a refreshing breeze to remain comfortable. Pirate’s Cove is the same and yet different. The primary difference is the season; summer is completing its cycle of heat and lack of precipitation. Last year it was mid spring, leaving the air clean and purer and ALL the shades of new green. Another noticeable difference is the quality of the waters. Not only here but all the harbors and bays we have laid to rest each night. The water looks as if it were soup stock that has not had its final filter. This morning looking through the water, the eel grass even had a thick film of algae upon it. By the size of the jellyfish I am assuming that they are thriving well with their plate offered to them by nature. The final difference is the people. They are friendly from afar. There have been no long conversations from our kayak to their boat, or even on the docks that leads to a happy hour, allowing more depth of adventures.
It occurred to me that the voice of this blog has switched from George to me. It is interesting that to begin again, it was a struggle. Using George was a new fresh way to continue from where I had left off. While paddling around this morning it came to me that since I did not write yesterday, my head was talking to this story. It is my way of having a conversation with someone, sharing my perception of today’s experience. Yesterday I came across the notes I had jotted down while out with Pat on our first two week San Juan Island adventure. We enjoyed these incomplete notes – remembering my test trial out on the boat. Obviously I passed the test because Pat asked me to be his 1st mate three months later. George will tell his story in the form of a children’s book.
We are about to pull anchor and head out to Dodd’s Narrow, planning to arrive there about slack tide. Nanaimo will be where we’ll call home tonight after topping off the fuel tank. The plan is to head out by 7 AM across the Straits of Georgia and on to Westview. Today’s weather report indicates that Whiskey Pass is not active and the Straits are expecting to grant me safe passage.
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