Butchart Gardens, BC

On the way South, we stopped in at
Butchart Gardens. There is a inlet that goes in behind the gardens called Tod Inlet where you can anchor out and take your dingy ashore to visit them. It's been over 25 years since we have been here.
Tonight we are tied up in Skyline Marina in Anacortes. We stopped in to look a slip that is available for lease for this winter. It's a nice place and only a hour drive from Marysville. It would certainly we alot quieter than Everett. We traveled over 2200 miles this summer going to Alaska and back, and we saw only a fraction of the country. Seeing all the wildlife was really great.
We will be back in the Everett area this coming week. See you all then.

Chemainus, BC

Last spent last night at a small marina at the town of Chemainus. It's about a hours drive north of Victoria , on Vancouver Island. More than 30 of the towns buildings have large well done murals painted on their sides, depicting the distant past as an Indian campground and it's history of mining and logging.

Today we will head out for Todd Inlet which is in behind Butchart Gardens. There is a place we can anchor out and take the skiff a-shore . We haven't been there for over 20 years. Maybe we can take a bus into Victoria for the day. We will probably cross back into the US later this week. See you guys soon,

I"ve got dinner skipper !!

Greeting to everyone. As you can see Pat caught a really nice salmon the other day. This is the third one this size we have caught so we have been eating alot of fish lately. Tonight we are tied up at Campbell River. We got all the chores done and tomorrow will head out again. The boat has been working fine. Today the weather as changed and we got a little rain, first we've had in about a month.
Really not much more to report. We spent so much time getting the boat fixed that we couldn't do much of anything else. Will report in later,
Russ, Pat, and Maddie