We decided to leave Egmont for Pender Harbor which is on the central part of the Sunshine Coast. We were hoping for nicer weather. Egmont had been very wet and we were told that the weather report was predicting four more days of rain. We had reservations in Pender Harbor for two cabins that overlooked Fisherman's Marina. We reached Pender Harbor in about three hours under sunny skies. This is a beautiful area of British Columbia and one we will definitely return to. The entrance to Hospital Bay where Fisherman's Marina is located is protected by several small islands. On either side of the bay are beautiful homes with amazing views. Many areas have lots for sale and there is a great deal of new construction.
Fisherman's Marina is lovely with beautiful gardens carefully cared for by Jennifer Love, one of the owners. Her husband Dave also helps maintain the buildings, docks, and assisted Joy with some computer issues. They are exceptionally friendly people and within a few hours were calling us by our first names. They have four cabins to rent-ours was a Cape Cod style that overlooked our boat in the marina. Of course Jim was quite pleased about that! We would recommend this place even to non-boaters. You can catch a ferry from Vancouver. It has many hiking trails and good biking areas.
We celebrated Joy's birthday, Bob and Betty's wedding anniversary, and the sale of their home in Eugene which had only been on the market for ten days on August 11th in one of the local restaurants. Laverne's Grill, another local cafe near the marina, is a great place to have breakfast, excellent fish and chips, and old fashioned milkshakes with a choice of 16 flavors. These shakes were even served in metal containors. Laverne, who has a degree in computer software, allowed Joy to use her internet access at the grill to work on entries for the blog. If you ever go to Fisherman's Marina be sure and look up Laverne and eat some of her innovative cooking. By the way, she had a quote on her bulletin board that gave us all a new perspective on retirement. It said, I have often been asked, "What do you old folks do now that you are retired." Well I'm fortunate to have a chemical engineering background and one of the thinks I enjoy most is turning beer, wine, scotch, and margaritas into urine!!
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