Sun Gypsy 2019 Cruise
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Hear that @LeslieTroyer experienced a Gendarme dust up while exploring the oyster beds in the Gulf islands. Came in on High Powered Speed boat circled causing ghastly wake and left in a show of force.
It seemed almost like they don't want the "Ferners" playing with their oysters.
Didn't take any Terry, but we saw lots. Should be some left for you if you hurry!
Is that with the R.C.M.P. or the local oyster farmer? Never heard of that before. Maybe Les could fly the local flag while being a pirate???
So the Police don't mess with the Cannabis growers?Probably a cannabis grower, the police up here don't carry guns!
I'm surprised that Les left any after trolling the area. Hope to trip up there again before he beats me to what's left. Should have been like my mom with her secret wild blackberry patches. Always held them very very tight to the chest lest the invaders and interlopers take over.
Was your mom from New England? We never discuss location or amounts of gathered berries, fiddleheads, mushrooms, crawfish, etc. with even family further out thanks children and parents.
-Will (Dragonfly)
Nope, Will. She was born in Astoria, OR, then family moved to Bay Center, WA, followed by Raymond, then Willapa, WA where she raised us kids while dad worked in the woods.
No that explains a lot. Why you some time get that wild lumberjack look in your eyes...
You come by it naturally.
Regrettably it is a look that is fading from the Pacific NW.
For sure, John. Shingle mills, lumber mills, paper mills were abundant during my growing up years. My first real job after delivering papers and repairing sticks was with Weyehaeuser's Raymond lumber and planer mill. Very little there anymore.
Ah, I live close to Crofton and pass it when I go north. So much tannin in the water I have to clean a mustache off my bows when I return. And the debris in the water... Come on up and visit the "Good Old Days," Terry!
Soon, very soon. There is just something so special about the smell of fresh cut fir and cedar lumber. Ahhhh!
During our 2015 cruise north to see Spirit Bear, we (Colin) picked up crew (Martina) in Secret Cove. The woman who provided the crew, her name is Elizabeth Koll. She and her husband Fred purchased a thirty foot hull and finished it inside and out for their new cruising pilot house sail boat named Chase. Fred passed away many years ago and Elizabeth is in her 90s now, but she talks fondly of their many times in Boho Bay and northern waters over the years and the succulents they feasted upon. Michael's recent comment about staying in Boho Bay reminded me of the memories she shared with us during our visits. A very special woman.
And, under threat of life or limb, I'm not going to mention anything about whether you can find any of those succulents in Tucker Bay, either. Just say'n.
Four days in Comox. A bit of rain and some gale force winds and good times visiting friends.ss
Sun Gypsy at the Fisherman’s. Wharf. Had a local diver scrub the bottom and change the zincs while we were here.
As you can tell from the back ground the pub is not far from the docks.
Sun Gypsy at the Fisherman’s. Wharf. Had a local diver scrub the bottom and change the zincs while we were here. As you can tell from the back ground the pub is not far from the docks.
Sounds like the title of a new song comin' on.
By Ian Tyson or Gordon Lightfoot.
At Drew Harbour, Rebeca Spit today. Not very crowded before the summer starts.
Looking toward Taku and Heriot Bay. We will take the afternoon slack through Beasley Passage to the Octopus Islands latter today.
Wonderful place, Michael. Harvested there some of the largest oysters ever. Big as dinner plates, I kid you not. Heck of a time getting them open. Thought they would be tough. Nope. Just as succulent as the smaller ones.
At anchor in Waiatte Bay, Octopus Island Marine Park. A much nicer day than the pic. @Kings Gambit had of the rain storm.