John and others: I'm planning to cross into Canada at Bedwell Hbr tomorrow (8/20) and then to Port Browning (8/21) for grocery shopping. I'll then gunkhole around CN till at least Labor Day weekend. I'll then head back to the San Juan Islands for the rest of September. SWALLOW has a distictive house topped teal green and I'll be towing the M6'8". :: Dave Scobie :: M17 #375 SWEET PEA - m17-375.com :: M6'8" #650 :: SV SWALLOW - sv-swallow.com On Sat, Aug 18, 2018, 7:42 PM John Schinnerer <john@eco-living.net> wrote:

I am actually leaving for Cortes tomorrow. But with my kayak, this trip.

So if anyone here happens to be cruising in the vicinity...a friend and I will be circumnavigating Cortes the 22nd-26th, then my girlfriend and I will be day paddling around different parts of Cortes thru Friday 31st. Will be camped at Smelt Bay provincial park, after the circumnavigation.

My kayak tends to stand out, it's a Pygmy Kayaks "Coho" model, glass over okume plywood, clear finish. And my pal Keith has a Hobie Adventure Island sail/pedal/paddle tri, in red.

Don't think I will make it up to the gulf islands with Pajarita this September. The local sailing season was shot by dry winter, low water at Howard Prairie, and early onset of nasty forest fire smoke in the area. I aim to get a shakedown cruise (for new furler & jib) at Fern Ridge by mid-September and hopefully get to Waldo lake as well, and maybe Diamond lake. Sad, but that's probably about it, unless I take it to the coast a bit later in the fall.

cheers, John S.