March 31 – Tuesday morning, we awoke to another beautiful blue sky. It was cloudy overnight, so the temperature was a little warmer than the previous morning.
After a hearty breakfast, we headed out into the garden for another morning of earning our keep as Ellen’s house guests.
I ran the rototiller while Pam helped lay out more of the garden. This is the fourth year that Pam has helped with the organization of the garden and her efforts over the years have turned it into a beautiful work of art that also produces lots of food.
We spent the morning in the garden and then ventured up to the marina where we met up with Pam‘s friend Linda; and Ross, who is Pam‘s partner in the ownership of the Island Gypsy.
We left Deer Harbor and headed out to Spieden Island, which is an uninhabited nature preserve. Back in the 1970s there was a failed attempt to introduce it as a wild game hunting preserve and to this day several non-native species roam the island.
Our next stop was a sheltered channel on Stuart Island, where we docked and had a lovely picnic lunch. We’re just a couple miles from the Canadian border and our cell phones keep welcoming us to Canada as our signal catches closest cell tower across the border on Pender Island.
Once we got back ashore, we rushed over to Pam’s former nextdoor neighbors for a dinner party. Great food and conversation with two lovely couples. Our hostess, Sheila is an artist and made the sculpture below to share her feelings.
