Today is America's Birthday...which makes it 235 years old I think? Way older than us anyway. Glad we live in the good old USA. Canada is nice, too, but I prefer to be an American. Canada does not have a paper one dollar bill for currency. They have a 5, 10, 20, 50, and so on but no one dollar bill. Instead they have a one dollar coin that is called a "loonie". Not to be mistaken for the Loon, a common marine bird. And get this...there is also a two dollar coin. And it's called a Toonie! I kid you not! Having a bunch of loonies and toonies in your pocket makes for a pretty heavy load but we go with the flow.

We left Gorge Harbor and had a full travel day cover just about 40 miles to Musket Cove Marine Park. Conditions were really nice, the wind was from the northwest (behind us), but light at 5-8 knots all day. We sailed much of the day, going wing and wing with the drifter up on the pole. We also had a favorable current, picking up about a knot over the ground. Musket Cove is another marine park, not real big but a popular stopover for boats heading north or south and we are sharing the anchorage with 8 other boats. However, besides us there is only one of the others that is stern tied with the rest swinging at anchor. The reason we stern tie is to provide room for more boats to anchor. I guess some others find it inconvenient to stern tie. If any more boats come in they will be hard pressed to find enough room to anchor.

Since we had a long day, yesterday, and today is now day number two with mostly sun and no rain, we are hanging out and relaxing today. Tomorrow, we are planning another 40 mile run to Silva Bay on Gabriola Island.