Bedwell Harbor

Poet’s Cove,

South Pender Island, BC

Got to Poet’s Cove a little later in the evening than I had wanted. Cleared customs first at the customs dock, by calling into a number or a phone that was there. They asked a few questions and then gave me my registration number. Then moved boat around to the floats. You have to dingy in from there but it was roomier. After that I took the dingy and went up to the lovely resort hotel there at Poet’s Cove and had a wonderful meal. The next morning it rained cats and monkeys for about three hours. I found out where all the little leaks are in the new dodger. Rain slackened up right around 1130 just as forecast, and I went back to the restaurant and had the buffet for breakfast. Yum Yum.

Close to the hotel is the gravesite of one of the old Indian chiefs who was well known in the 1800s. It’s basically some rocks in a pattern. There is also a hike called the enchanted Forest Trail I took after the rain let up, to work off some of the buffet it was lovely.

On top of the hill where the enchanted Forest Trail is there’s another pile of rocks that looks to me like the grave of an even older Indian chief. Anyhow I untied from the floating breakwater and motored out at about 1 pm and headed for Gabriola Pass.