Back at Echo Bay

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Pierre's at Echo Bay, Gilford Island

We spent 3 nights at Waddington Bay. We read books, did some chores, relaxed, enjoyed the scenery. It was great.

For those of you who are cat lovers, one of the sailboats anchored near us had 2 large cats that looked like Maine Coons. These cats were huge. One of them kept getting onto the swim step and looked like he wanted to jump into the dingy. His owner would come and shoo him back into the cockpit. More often other boats have dogs and you can watch them taking the dog to land periodically. The dogs would be lifted into the dingy, be up in front, eyeing the land anxiously, looking back and urging the driver to go faster. I am glad we don't have to do this for Katmandu. Cat boxes are a lot easier especially when it is cold, windy and raining.

We came back to Pierre's at Echo Bay to meet our friends Doug and Nancy Hansmann. They flew up from on Kenmore Airlines seaplane. They will spent 3 nights with us. Today Rich, Doug and I hiked over to Billy Proctor's Museum on Shoal Bay. Billy was born and raised in this area and started collecting items that washed up on shore or he found in the islands. He started collecting with a small Indian stone knife that he found when he was seven years old. Now his collection is housed in a small building. It has all sorts of items, from old bottles to a gas powered iron. His story is recounted in "Heart of the Raincoast, A Life Story" by Alexandra Morton and Billy Proctor. I picked up a copy here at the marina but I have not read it yet.

No worries,
SV Windarra