Days 39 - 43 Sunshine Coast!

Day 39: Time for my favourite ferry ride!

Across Howe Sound from Horseshoe Bay (Vancouver) to the Sunshine Coast - on a beautiful sunny day!

After my favourite ferry ride, what better to do than stop for dinner at my favourite Sunshine Coast restaurant, the Gumboot Café in Roberts Creek.

And then on up the coast to Sechelt where we will be spending the next few days: three generations reunited!

The Sechelt waterfront

Sara in front of the hospital where she was born, amidst the new poles.
I saw them being carved on my previous visits in 2013 - 2014

Pole being carved in 2013

James Hunt working on pole in 2013

Newly painted pole in 2014

There are plenty more totem poles in Sechelt (Shíshálh), in a row along on the waterfront the way they traditionally used to be when they welcomed people arriving on the beach in canoes.

We also spent some time in Gibsons, visiting friends and taking a walk around the marina, where we watched a seal snacking at an all-you-can-eat herring buffet!

Seal (white shape underwater) snacking on "herring ball"
(visible in the foreground between the rocks and the float)

Houseboat with lots of plants in Gibsons marina

Sara in Gibsons

The Sunshine Coast is where I usually come to relax and recover from jet lag upon arriving in Canada, before going on to the big city, Vancouver. And this time it was that way for Sara, who had just flown over from Italy.

After a few days in the Sunshine Coast we headed back to Horseshoe Bay on the ferry to meet Claire and Maya and take another ferry, over to Vancouver Island. The Canada Day long weekend was about to start and there was a long line-up to get on the ferry. We were warned of a one to two sailing wait, but it was only one because we ended up being the second-to-last car to get on the next ferry!

Last car on the ferry!

At the back of the ferry, coming into Departure Bay (Nanaimo, Vancouver Island)