Weather:
no rain, cool in the morning with sun.
warmer in the afternoon with lots of bright sun.
Wildlife:
*we saw the same mom and fawn in the same island location today as yesterday.
* Quarrystone B&B - nice food; stunning ocean view
* shore birds
* rural lambs, goats, horses
Activities:
* delicious breakfast
* some pretty funny and unusual signs:
- Green Eggs and Lamb
- Thistledew Cottage
- Careful: Topless Crossing
- Singing Bird Farm
- Pennie's Poultry
- Dagwood's Diner
- Duthie Gallery
- Foxglove Farm and Garden
* catch the right ferry out of a different harbour in Ganges - not Fulford Harbour. This one is making a few stops, but we don't have to change boats.
* stop to test the anchor on the ferry, so we don't arrive back in Vancouver until 7 p.m.
* call Amber and Cale in Abbotsford for information about where to pick up fresh blueberries. Amber says, Funk's Farm.
* Amber calls back to say she has picked up the blueberries for us.
* Visit to Amber and Cale's Farm in Abbotsford. They have really done work on the farmhouse - painted almost everything and are storing Josie's artwork. Animals on the farm: bunnies, nanny and billy goats, small chicks and ducklings, a cat names Moses and a new 9 week old puppy named Goose, small cows on the hill and no bugs.
Amber greeted us with cool red wine and some fresh baked artisan bread she prepared earlier that day: dark rye with chocolate and fennel. It was delicious. What a tasty dinner. Cale was away working for a few days, so we say 'Hi' to Cale and maybe we'll see him next time.
Wildlife:
- two varieties of hummingbirds at the window feeder
- some more deer
- quail and their babies walking quickly over the edge of the gravel.
We left Abbotsford under a full moon around 9 p.m., hoping not to see any deer or wildlife along the 3 hours of hiway driving north back to Kelowna. Thank God, we didn't see any. Long Day
Thank you Amber, for your warm country hospitality. It was great to see you again.
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