Guests of CCYC
17 August 2009 | Sidney/North Saanich, BC
WX: mostly sunny w/ high clouds, temp 80, wind L/V
Arrived at Capital City Yacht Club yesterday about 1130. Getting into their guest check-in dock had us lifting our feet. The water was decidedly "thin." But we got in, found a member's slip that was available, then headed into Sidney via the local transit system. We wandered around town, doing a few geocaches (following right behind our TYC friends Chris and Willow, who'd been there the day before).
Today, with nothing better to do, we went back into Sidney. We didn't have the correct change for the bus so we had to hike out to the Swartz Bay ferry terminal for change, then ride the bus from there. Picked up a few more caches we hadn't gotten yesterday and checked out the shops, not buying much of anything.
Today is noteworthy on two counts. First, it's "Boating Day #105" for 2009, which is a new record for us. It is also our last day in Canada. Tomorrow we head back to the US of A and hopefully to a rendezvous with Sidetrack at Reid Harbor on Stewart Island. We tried to get reservations for next weekend at Friday Harbor and, to no one's great surprise, they are booked solid. So we'll go in early and try to get one of the first-come/first served slips.