Powell River
Lakes, Oceans and Orca Tue Jun 22nd An early start today as we wanted to get the 0825 ferry from Earl's Cove across to Saltery Bay to spend a day exploring Powell River. It is at the very northern end of the Sunshine Coast where the Highway 101 runs out, about 30k north of the town. Outbound the ferry, was less than a quarter full so we had space to roam and take in the changing scenery on the fifty minute journey weaving across between the different islands. The ferry is one of the smaller ones in the BC Ferries fleet and has an open car deck, spanned by the passenger desk (coffee shop etc) and the single bridge that can steer the boat in both directions. Our first stop was at Palm Beach in Lund's Bay, just to give Jack a chance to exercise. Beautifully quiet apart from some toddlers being supervised in a swing park, nobody on the beach. We had a quick shop-stop in Powell River, to check out some furniture for the new house that we had not seen, but Fred knew they had...