July 25th

July 25^th

FIRE WORKS at Kynumpt

Now this is the day after our anniversary and we have been in close proximity with each other for over a month. There are bound to be some friction and fireworks between us, BUT NO. This is for REAL!

It is just dusk and a large fishing charter boat comes in to the bay. You can tell it’s coming by the yelling, hooting and strong music (not Beethoven) and it’s a party boat. There are a lot of big boys on board. They are having a GOOD TIME; this is NOT about Bible readings and push ups either.  This is about killing Salmon and drinking beer with your buddies.

We are tucked at the back of the bay all by ourselves. The charter boat noses right up to our bow and hails us. For a brief moment the skipper, high on the command bridge and I talk boats. He  comments on our dinghy. We talk about his very salty 50 ft plus yacht and it turns out it was built in Shearwater.

BUT THAT IS NOT WHY HE IS HERE in front of us.  He apologies to us profusely and tells us that they ARE GOING TO LET OFF FIRE WORKS OUT IN THE BAY and hope we don’t mind. “Hell no go right ahead.” I didn’t tell him that we will be in bed for sure before he even anchors. Penny and I get into watching “The Bourne Affair” and it has enough action in it to keep me from snoozing. 

Poof, Pop, Thud, Bang and a few sparkles, I rush for the camera but there is nothing worth the energy to pry me from seat. We have been to VANCOUVER’s Festival of Lights and this is a miserable display in comparison.

SEGWAY, to the Festival of Lights in Vancouver. Gary Kleaman my brother law has been supplying the barges, tugs, crew and the knowledge for this event for the past 25 years. He does a spectacular job and this year he was presented with a plaque and large cake honouring him for his contributions. I think this is well deserved.

 

Back to the POOF, BANG and FIZZLE display here. We have now settled down and are convinced this is not going to happen.

All of a sudden WOOSH, ZING, THUD, BOOOOOOOOOOOOOM, FLASH, SPARKLE and this gooooooooes on and on. The harbour is ablaze with light. The mountains around rattle back the crescendo of thunder and it is now booming from miles away. The fireworks display is out of control, as they are whizzing all over the place. Their back deck  is a blaze of light.  I don’t know where they were all hiding, but they were all too near to see the spectacular light show. I know the bears, wolves and the salmon are still running from the fireworks happening. I think the Skipper and Crew had the whiz, bang and piss scared out of them.

WE DID GET A GOOD SHOW! Maybe not the Festival of Lights, but pretty good for KYNUMPT HBR.  We think the boat survived, as it was gone in the morning.