I was very sorry to see that Mondae did not return to us this morning. I had kind of hoped he would stay with us for the rest of this trip, and then we would somehow have to figure out how to get him from Ladner to Vancouver. We could have driven slowly, and I could hang out the car window so he knew where we were and that we weren’t abandoning him, and he could fly behind us. Then, once we got him home we could feed him seeds and suet, and we would all live happily ever after. But then I remembered, he’s a wild bird. He’s not so attached to us, probably. Good luck, little Mondae, thanks for bringing some joy into our lives yesterday!
We got into the dinghy to explore the islets a little closer. We have not had much phone or internet connection for the last 5 days, but we found a small pocket of cell phone reception while we were out there, so we both called our moms.
We left Dusky Cove and slowly made our way around Bonwick Island. Close to where we had cell phone reception we discovered we also had a weak internet connection, so Adam found the perfect throttle speed to keep us in one spot while the current tried to carry us along, just long enough for me to upload pictures and post to the blog. Within 30 seconds of leaving that spot we were again without reception.
We stopped for lunch at Health Bay on Gilford Island, and Adam harvested a whole lot of crab meat from the single big male we boiled up this morning. We didn’t have to even throw the anchor down – there was no current in this bay and no wind, so we just killed the engines and the boat didn’t move.
Continuing up Retreat Passage, we joined a handful of other boats anchored in Waddington Bay. A quiet evening after a quiet day.
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