Vancouver not where I started but getting closer. I am in Vancouver BC via boat. This is an experience in and of itself for sure. Everyone should visit each city via boat it is quite the different perspecitve. After a long run yesterday I pushed another 25 miles south east to the city and arrived to a very busy port. Ships and pleasure craft of all sizes were running around trying to beat the heat wave that has set in here as well.
Last night I managed to find a slip at False Creek Yacht Club as there are many NO anchor zones and not wanting to hassel with the RCMP or anyone else I slipped up for the night. This morning I walked around town on the side I was on and then motored over to the huge public market and ended up buying some blueberrys, cherrys and some more coffee as I just ran out. This was a great stop many different cultures in this city and you can see that influence in the market as well. Pulled out of the public dock and ran around Stanley Park [Hmmmm I wonder if it was named after the same Stanley of the Stanley Cup?] can you say Google?
Now I am over at Mosquito Creek Marina tucked in between two large boat houses as they didn't quite have their ducks in a row here. After getting the royal run around - take this slip, take that slip..... each had a boat tied up already. Hot and getting pissed off I grabbed a slip and marched to the office to sort this out. She told me where to put the boat paid for it and then went to grab that slip and a beer followed up with some clothes cleaning. Would you guess there was a boat in that slip? Back to the office only to find they left for their long weekend called BC day. Wanting to be like Mike they couldn't have come up with a better name or one with better meaning.
So here I am set up way off in the back 40 cleaned up and ready to take the water bus to downtown to meet up with Erin when she gets here.
In town for the next 2 days then off for the good Ol USA.
to be continued.....
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