Thursday, July 28, 2016

Awoke to a leisurely morning

and got underway by 9:30, a two and a half hour cruise to Genoa Bay within Cowichan Bay, north of Sydney and Butchart Gardens.

More beautiful sites along the way.

We arrived at Genoa Bay Marina by noon

and settled on B Dock

(Side Note:  The town of Cowichan has a lot of artist studios and a lot of wineries nearby.  The town is too far walk to.  There’s a water shuttle but it was booked doing tours so we were not able to visit.)

There’s a wonderful little gallery here at the marina

as well as great art scattered about.

Hey George – here’s an idea for all those golf clubs.

The restaurant here sounded amazing but didn’t allow dogs so we ordered food to go and had a grand lunch on the boat – fresh mussels, stuffed figs, prosciutto, calamari, and ceviche.

One big reason for this destination is that it is close to Norm (the handyman’s) house.  Justin called him and asked him to buy several parts and to meet us here today so he could work on the engine and try to get things working again.  Before we were finished with lunch Norm and daughter Christina were here.

They worked all afternoon, nonstop with Justin and Chris working right along side.  It was a long day for them and a good day for Lauren and me to do laundry.

After five hours of hard, successful work down in the engine room we said good bye to Norm and Christina

had another amazing “repurposed” dinner by Chef Lauren and settled in to a peaceful evening.