Log Jams
Ferry Delays
Sun Mar 13th
The junction was blocked for about 3-4 hours while the trailer was righted and cleared away, and a new rig brought in to clear the logs. There were no serious injuries.
Not the first time a logging trailer has overturned. High centres of gravity and fast cornering is never going to be a successful experience! Local coverage here.
The ferries were cancelled through to the following morning with the first ferry out and back from Horseshoe Bay being replaced by a 12-seat water taxi!
The Queen of Coquitlam, at 139m can take 1470 passengers and up to 362 cars/trucks on three car decks.
Quite how a water taxi running to the ferry timetable was going to help was not entirely clear. It was a free service, if you could get on it!
The Queen of Coquitlam is currently replacing the newer Queen of Surrey which is in for its annual 'service' down near the US border. With traffic filling the overflow car park at the terminal and backed-up on to the bypass, one of the scheduled Vancouver Island ferries in Nanaimo was diverted across to operate one of the Sunshine Coast trips. Good but it still meant the first few ferries were operating at 100% capacity.
On the house front, the Wise transfer was cleared following the money-laundering check and was transferred to the attorney on Friday, at 3c to the £ below what it was when we agreed contracts! Ouch! We had no choice but to push ahead as it's impossible to know if the £ is likely to go further south over the weekend with all the tragic events in Europe. A sense of calm has returned to the Cronk household, now that the money moving is done. I still wouldn't want to be a currency trader!
Saturday morning I had an excursion up to Garden Bay at the other end of the Coast to visit Rick Crook's Heritage Centre workshop, where he teaches 'strip' canoe building. The 2-hour a week, 10 week course, enables a completed canoe to be built then auctioned off with the money going to the local Heritage Society.
His Wee Lassie canoe weighs in at just 40lbs and is easily moved by one person. His workmanship is marvellous. The strips of cedar measuring 1" x 1/4" x 21' are laid over formers and glued together. When dried the wood is sanded off, gunnels and transom added and a thin fibreglass and epoxy layer is applied inside and out then finished with a coat or two of varnish to protect the epoxy from UV.
When not teaching he makes a range of cedar 'strip' craft at his own home workshop under his Oyster Bay business. All the boats using the technique are amazingly light, but exceptionally strong and stunning to look at.
The clocks went forward here this weekend, so for a couple of weeks we are only 7 hours behind until UK clocks go forward on March 27th. Legislation has been passed in BC and a number of other provinces, to stay on summer time throughout the year. So far, nobody wants to be out of step with the rest of the West Coast of North America, so the twice yearly clock changes will continue.
Now the pressures of moving money around and getting contracts exchanged has receded, we're getting quite excited to move in and get settled.
The house was designed by the current owners, he is a land surveyor and the house is finished to a high standard. As it's only four years old we have a warranty running through to 2028 which is reassuring.
Sunday afternoon and I took off down to Cliff Gilker with Jack. Not overly warm, but it didn't stop him going swimming in one of the deep pools!
Clack Creek Falls - Cliff Gilker Park
Clack Creek
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