August 19th

Aug 19th The center of all the activity takes place under the big top blue tent.  Every morning during the yacht season, Tracy makes complementary pancake breakfast for all those that are not too hung over to join in the breakfast gathering.  This is a time that boaters share their secret anchorages and some technical tips, be it fishing or engine repair, etc.  It is a class hovel with laundry, washrooms, bakery, shore power and water. 

The Big Blue Tent

The main event is the arrival of fresh meat in the form of new arrivals that bring yummy tales and stories with them.  You may even get Lorne to give you some of his history in this area.

Sometimes roving musicians will arrive and the evening’s entertainment will be some talented person beating on the strings on some old weathered guitar.  If the cockles of your heart have been warmed with alcoholic libations and you are near to the musician to drowned out the out of tune vocalists it sounds ok.  When from afar if you have snuggled down for a very early evenings it sounds like a disjointed wolf pack howling at the new moon. 

In previous years Penny and I have undertaken to decorate the docks with wood signs.  Jim off “Sea Otter” is a machinist/welder/computer guy and he helps out with the metal bits and pieces for the artsy fartsy stuff.  Penny and others of the extended family join in and do a superlative job of helping Lorne with painting and replanting the massive array of flower pots which add all colours of the rainbow to these docks.  All of us who have been coming here for years just automatically take on some fun job here. Every year we come back, we as a boating community that boat north are blessed with this special part of the planet that for a short time we can call home.  We thank the Brown family and extended friends for making this all possible.
 

One of Chevy’s most favorite and ours to is the forestry dock in Moore Bay.  Almost every year some magic fairy from the Forestry Dept. comes by and repairs the docks, cleans up the whistle thumps (out houses) and grooms the camp sites.  Every year we promise we will write that dept. and thank them for their sterling effort but we move on and forget to do this.  I think it would be better to send a letter to Pacific Yachting and get the “THANK YOU” out on a broader scale. 

Shawl Bay Sunset

If you would like some further reading you can go back on earlier Blog sites. We tend to forget some of old stories and like an old man will repeat the same old stuff. Some is still worth repeating.