Yesterday was beautiful as forecasted but winds were light so we sailed only for 2 hours.  Motoring North toward Lund we continued through the Strait of Georgia.  It is a very wide body of water that narrows and widens again as we pass islands to the West.  Most islands are wooded with rocky beaches but vary in height.  Often there are logs scattered on the beaches where they have washed up while traveling south with the tidal flow.  They can be a huge hazard to sailboats so we are constantly on the lookout for them in the water ahead of where we are heading.  Spring is the time of year that they are most dangerous.  As we sail North, we radio each other when we spot a log. To the east, the coast of British Columbia was amazing.  Tall mountains of all shapes and sizes were constantly to our starboard.  We passed Jervis inlet that leads to Princess Louisa Sound where we will be week after next.  It looks spectacular.  The thought that Nancy’s Bakery was waiting for us in Lund and their specialty is cinnimon rolls was enticing throughout the day.  The farther we went the more I looked forward to it.  We traveled about 40 nautical miles

When we arrived we secured the boat, helped other so the same, and then found the bakery. Wow, huge rolls! Very sweet but delicious! We also got huge peanut butter cookies for afternoon snack on a future day. Later we gathered as a group on one of the boats as we usually do for cocktails and conversation.  Some of the people know each other but most do not.  We are a group of 5 sailboats and one power boat that caught up with our group late last night.  The sailboat with our flotilla leader has 4 students on board who are taking a sailing class for 7 days.  They leave from Campbell River on Friday when we arrive.  At that time his (Mike) wife is joining us for a week, and then she leaves, and 3 or 4 students will arrive for the third week.  As usual the group is an interesting mix of people but all completely in love with boating/sailing.  Lund is a city of 200 people and is “around the corner” from the entrance to Desolation Sound so it’s industry is boaters coming and going.  Most people leave in late October for the winter but a few people stay all 12 months.  It makes you wonder what their life is like during the short cold days of winter.  In Lund there is a small hotel with a pub where we went as a group last night for dinner.  There was one other couple in the place, so clearly we are late in the season.  Dianna and I had fish and chips that were really good.  The batter was light and puffy but delicious.  We were in bed by 10 pm and slept great.  Some boat motion in the night due to winds kicking up a bit.

Today we are headed to Prideaux Haven, a small inlet just inside Desolation Sound.  We will anchor there tonight and most likely “raft” together as a group.  We are hosting a group potluck dinner with cocktails, etc.  Mike is making spaghetti for the group.  Should be fun.  The distance to day is 20 miles so considerably shorter than the last 2 days.  We will pass through the Thulin Passage just west of Malapina Penninsula, then make a slight right turn into Desolation Sound, past Mink Island, and between Morgan and Melville Islands.  It sounds beautiful and our destination is very remote, so not sure about internet??

I was finally able to load some pictures last night from 2 days ago.  I will try again this morning with some others from yesterday.  The connection here varies all over the place so loading is often interupted.

We are enjoying our coffee and heading soon to a very small store in the harbor, followed by breakfast at Nancy’s bakery! Yea