Picture: Van, sitting on a bench with a sculpture of a homeless person. Even though there are many beautiful areas in Vancouver we witnessed many homeless people, especially around Chinatown. It was depressing to see people in such a horrible state.

End of the day miles: 7
Miles since Mexico: 26,183

Weather: Sunny and warm
Wind: SE 5 knots
Boat speed: 5 knots (with motor)


Van and Cida went sightseeing by bus all over Vancouver while Ted and I worked on the boat, fixing and cleaning, getting ready to leave her with the yacht broker. There were definitely ambivalent feelings about selling a faithful boat that took us everywhere and endured so many storms while bringing us so much pleasure.

Two days after taking Van and Cida to the airport, we loaded our Lexus SUV to the brim with bikes, fuel containers, lines, clothes, tools and everything else, just like moving. In fact it is moving!! Moving off the boat to land! The car was bulging out everywhere, even the luggage rack had two large suitcases. We were praying that immigration officials wouldn't make us unload everything at the boarder, but in the event he did not, thank goodness! Although he did comment on it and we just told him we were moving off the boat to our house. I guess if we were coming from Mexico across the southern boarder things might have been different.

Now we have officially moved off the boat and are hoping for the right people to come along and take her to see the world. She is a fantastic boat!