12 May 23

Well, it was a good day and a bad day: good, because we made it across the Canadian border to Ganges, Saltspring Island (and the weather was once again absolutely superb) and bad, because our initial application for entry into Glacier Bay was denied - they had already filled up for the day by the time I got the handwritten application e-mailed to them at about 13:00. Oh, well, we will try again first thing in the morning. After we got into the marina in Ganges, we went up for a celebratory beer, then went grocery shopping. Our favorite restaurant - Piccolo - was all booked up for the night, so we decided to eat in. We also squeezed in a run to BC Liquor. Back at the boat, we both had showers and then settled in to eat our leftovers from A-Town Bistro - paella. After dinner, we went back to the pub to hear live music; a solo, acoustic show by the guy who was in the Canadian band “???” - a very good show. We finally packed it in about 21:30.

48-51.341’N, 123-29.927’W; Log = 18.0 N-m; Sum (2023) = 52.2; Eng. hrs. = 2.9, Sum = 3114.2