I met these guys — Blake O’Brian and Thomas Soucy — on the ferry from Denman Island to Buckley Bay day before yesterday. They were on their way to the Snow to Surf Relay Race on Mt. Washington (Comox Valley, Vancouver Island) on April 29th, with their ultra-light canoe.
Sent us by Chris McClellan yesterday
https://youtube.com/watch?v=4RjqcTsxx-8
Denman Island Statistics:
-Population: 1,016
-People at Tiny Homes slide show last night: 101
-# of copies sold, Builders of the Pacific Coast, by Abraxas Books on Denman Island: 223
Photo at left after show. Mom had me inscribe book to her guitar man here.
Sent from the China Moon B&B on Denman, where I have just had maybe the best breakfast dish ever (yes, I’m given to superlatives) fruit, local organic apple juice, local eggs done hollandaise on cornbread and a croissant. Excellent coffee. This is a great place to stay. Plus good wi-fi out here on this peaceful homestead.
I’m doing a bit of writing now, then heading to Victoria for the next phase of this adventure.
There are over 500 emails in my “Stephens” mailbox. Godfrey is a tumultuous stream of energy and output. Here’s a fragment from an email today, about the time a seal jumped on board his sailboat Mungo 1. (I don’t like to edit Godfrey’s stream of words.)
This Cutie came aboard in 1982
Dana point where I anchored s/v MUNGO 1 for the night
Please note sail is up and pulling
She left just off the Scripps institute
after a few failed attempts at boarding
a Long torpedo toward the boat
and Ou out of the Sea bang this Creature landed on the Steel Deck
and eventually flopped up to bask on the starbd fore deck
sailing along at a few knots toward San Diego
I could feel the heart beat of this animal throughout t he hull
an empty ness was felt when She slipped over the side and vanished…
