Sailing the Karina C

Today I am on the ferry to Vancouver to accompany my Mom to an appointment with the GP. Sooooo I thought I would take an hour to catch up on happenings wihile taking the ferry to Vancouver.
Two weeks ago Jim, Anita and I took our Kayak down to Cedar by the Sea and met our daughter (Tina) and her husband (David). The three of them managed to cram themselves onto their little kayak and we paddled over to Pirate's Cove on DeCourcy Island. All went well until the other kayak dicouvered they couldn't steer their boat. eventually, we made it to Round Island where Jim and Anita traded places. With Jim and me paddling, we were able to tow their Kayak over to the N end of DeCourcy Island. There we took a pee break and I managed to figure out the problem with the steering on the other kayak. Jim walked the 45 minute trail down to the campsite. Anita and I paddled our kayak and Tina and David took theirs down to the campsite.
We landed easily and then got a good campsite for the couple of days we were there. There were a lot of walks and good food for us that weekend. On day 2 Anita and I paddled down to Whaleboat Island and came back on the other side of Ruxton Island.
The next morning, we headed home and cleaned up with showers.
Flushed with the success of that trip, Anita and I planned a more adventurous trip to Blackberry Point on Valdes Island. We sailed directly from the beach in front of our home to Pirate's Cove on the first day. We took 4.5 hours to make the 15 miles. In the course of the voyage, we discovered the wisdom of the skirts that kayakers wear. We did bring them with us, but they don't work if they are all packed away;-) We took a couple of wakes of the big passing tugs that frequent the harbour and I soaked my pants and gaunchies.
Once at Pirate's Cove we discovered the bugs were bigger and hungrier than they were two weeks ago. Fortunately, we had some bug repellant that the bugs used as a condiment.
The next morning we made it over to Blackberry Point and there were no bugs and the camping was great. We met a nice couple (Peter and Wendy) and played music that night.
Yesterday we woke to strong winds and we had to wait several hours for the winds to abate so we could make the passage to Ladysmith. We got off the beach (with Peter's help) and made sail for Ladysmith. We made the 2 hour passage easily and arrived just in time for lunch. After lunch, we had a nice visit with Tony McCrory (and old friend from Kitimat days). By 1615 Jim arrived and with all of us huffing away, we managed to get the kayak on the roof of the truck with ease. We got home by 1730 and now we are showered and back into life in Nanaimo.
We are planning a bigger cruise to Victoria in a couple of weeks. It was a great time. Unfortunately, our camera battery charger isn't working, so I have no pictures to offer for this posting