MikroTik Roadshow: Day 61- Marooned on Pender Island

Ok, marooned is a bit dramatic, but the reality is we made a little bitty mistake and jumped on a ferry to one of the Gulf Islands, and it just so happened to be nearly uninhabited. Here is how it started, we wanted to do a bit of island hopping via ferry so we parked the car and walked onto a ferry headed to Pender Island thinking we would stroll through quaint shops, have some coffee and catch another ferry to another Gulf island and spend the day doing just that. I should have realize something was amiss when there was only one other walk on passenger so I sat next to him and asked about Pender. When I told him I had no car, he got that look, you know, the same look you give a kid that didn't get any candy when the pinata burst. A pity look. He proceeded to explain to me there were no shops, no coffee houses and definitely no cabs on Pender Island. To exacerbate matters, I woke the kids late so we had to hurry out of the motorhome and they were all hungry. On a ferry, no food and headed to a deserted island with three hungry kids and a wife giving me "the look".I did find out that the ferry would land and immediately return to Swartz Bay where we boarded so at least we weren't marooned. Th bad news was the stop would be brief and there was a small vendor with food at the dock so if I hurried I could score some food and make the trip back. I did, the kids ate and we survived.

Back in Swartz Bay, we boarded the correct ferry (with our car this time) and went through Active Pass (Where all the Orca's hang hang, unless I'm there and then they hide) and sailed over to Galianos Island. Wow, what a beautiful place. We went to a beach they call the Bluffs overlooking active pass to watch for Orcas. Again, they were hiding. We did have a great time exploring the tide pools there, what a great place. Laid back, solitude, weather with sunshine in the sixties, just awesome. Here's a few photos.