August 30: Freighter from Campbell River to Friendly Cove

Our next adventure was an all day trip on a working freighter from Campbell River to Friendly Cove. We had to leave very early in the morning and drive to the other side of the island to catch the freighter.

This area has major logging towns

Co, Flo and Luey enjoying the ride.

Barb in front of one of the smoke stacks on the freighter

Captain Linda steering the freighter

One group of folks brought their kayaks and were dropped into the water to continue their journey.

We all found comfortable places to rest while we traveled the seas.

Enjoying our soup for lunch.

Views were awesome !

Freigher UChuck II docked in Friendly Cove where we disembarked to tour the island.

Photo of sailor's knot on the ship

One of the totems just laying on the ground in the woods.  The people on the island do not plan to restore them.

The Church on the island had many totems on their alter.

Petroglyphs on the rocks along the way.

We had a wonderful experience there which included meeting most of the 7 residents on this island. One resident prepared a Bar-b-que Salmon on an open fire on the beach. What a surprise to have such a treat for lunch. He just provided a large piece of salmon on foil and we ate it with our fingers...........
now that was mmmmmmm good

August 25: Quadra Island, Rebecca Spit, First Nation Totems, the Lighthouse

Another day, another ferry, another adventure and more photos........  Life is Good !

And so our glorious day ends with another full moon.

August 24: April Point

Today we took a ferry ride from Painter's Lodge on Vancouver Island to April Point, an island about a 10 minute ferry ride. There were seals all around Painter's Lodge and April Point and of course , I have many photos. 

 We spent a delightful afternoon sitting on the deck of the resort at April Point drinks and fried sweet potatoes. Delicious

It was a wonderful day that ended with a full moon the color of gold.

We are still at Campbell River, BC

We have found an ideal spot to camp and to sightsee and to just spend time. We are at the Salmon Point RV Resort, just south of the downtown Campbell River city center. The photo is the view from our window.

Our first few days in Campbell River were at the Thunder River RV Park. Our spot overlooked the water but was actually across the street from it. We enjoyed it so much that we searched for another spot on the water.

And we found Salmon Point.

Our campsite was right on the bluff overlooking the water.  Each evening and morning we would sit on the rocks and just watch the water, the scenery, the boats and the sunrise or sunset. 

 Sunrise over the water.

Some kids floated by on their homemade raft.  It reminded us of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn.

We celebrated Luey's birthday while we were here.  Flo went all out with party favors.  

That night there was a full moon.  Co and I worked very hard to get a outstanding photo of the full moon.  We do have very expensive tripods in the car just a few feet away from us.  But we decided to make our own improvised tripod. 

We do love it here.

We will use this spot as a starting point for many day trips.
Hope you are all having safe travels, a good summer and good health. Our love to you,
Barb and Linda

August 19: Campbell River, BC

We are now in Campbell River, BC. As you can see from the map below, the drive from Chemainus to Campbell River was right along the sea shore. The views were spectacular.

Our campsite at the Thunder River RV Park in Campbell River is right on the waterfront over looking the Discovery Passage inside passage. At this time, the locals tell us that there are over 10,000 salmon in this bay. Campbell River is known as the Salmon Capitol of the World; they have all 5 species of salmon in their waters.

Every morning and every evening there are small boats, about the size of canoes, on the water. There are usually only one or two people in each boat and they drift up and down the bay in front of us. Each morning when we get up there are about 10-20 boats on the water and by 8:00 am, they are all gone. And then each evening about 5:00 pm, they are back and stay until dark ( about 9:00 pm ). It is so cool to just watch them drift up and down and in small groups working to get those salmon.

 What a wonderful experience we are having.



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Love and hugs,
Barb and Linda