July 18, close to Shearwater, i had the thought that SV THEA might be close, she is owned by our friends Martha and Doug, i called them on VHF 16, and sure enough, they had just left Shearwater, they turned around, and we met and  tied up to the old, old dock, well, kind of a dock, to visit and catch up . They had lots of great info for us, for places to anchor once we headed more north, they went to the west coast of Princess Royal Island, as we wanted to do too. We had dinner together that night in the pub, and had a very good time, we love their boat, she is very well laid out, beautiful wood inside, with lots of room. The next morning they were south bound and we north. July 19 was bright sun, good breeze blowing, we tried to sail in Seaforth Channel but again, the wind was on the nose…..In Reid Passage we motored to Oliver Cove marine park, beautiful spot , with red throated loons waiting for us, i kayaked that night , and Bert tried to catch a fish.

We are waiting for the plane to come in with our parcel,but in the meantime, the weather is great, blowing 20 knots , we have SV SNOWGOOSE rafted to us, we have been meeting them on and off, in several harbours. I wanted to tell about the B.C, ferry, that comes in here,in the middle of the night, at 1 am, it did so on monday, and i was up,watching it glide in,very slow, shining the big spotlights on the shore ahead, the ship looked very big, being at night, it shone the lights on the old, derelict hotel, with its dark windows, and it felt like i was watching a science fiction movie, a very strange feeling.  It didnt blast the horn, (good thing!!), just came in so very , very quiet. Then left again, a half hour later, on the way to Bella Coola.  Someone told us that we should be seeing the northern lights, but i havent seen them yet, might, when we go further north.   The weather is great for doing some laundry, its dry in one hour. Tomorrow we head out again,maybe back to Shearwater, its kind of on the way, plus SV THEA might be there.