The skies are overcast this morning, and the wind doesn’t seem to know what it wants to do.  So, I decide to see if the wind is going to settle down before I suit up to go paddling.  

While I’m waiting on the wind, the woman on the boat anchored nearby got herself and her dog suited up in life jackets.  The dog then jumped aboard a paddle board the woman was holding for it, and then the woman stepped aboard and paddled them ashore so that the dog could do its business. 

Well, I guess the wind isn’t all that bad.  So, I suited up and went for a paddle along the shore.  The wind is supposed to blow up to 30 knots today, so I didn’t get too far away from the boat, just in case.

The only wildlife I encountered were robins.  They were busy running here and there picking up breakfast goodies.  The tide is super low this morning, so they have a huge selection of goodies to choose from.

Just beyond the robins, behind a big log, I spotted what looked like a small sailing dinghy .  I wonder if it just washed up onshore?  It seemed to be a fair condition.

Nearby was what looked like part of a sail.

I heard the chug, chug, chugging sound of a diesel engine and looked up to see “BC Goose.” I took lots of photos of “BC Goose” last year.  She’d gone aground, just outside the entrance to Forward Harbour a few years ago.  Someone has apparently decided she’s worth salvaging, because she’s being towed east, toward the head of the harbor.  

The wind was still light, so I decided to head outside to see if the shipwrecked sailboat was still where I saw it last year.  I don’t think there’s any hope for the sailboat to be salvaged.

On my way back to the boat, way up on a cliff,  I spotted some pretty lichen, with ferns growing on it.  It was so soft and fluffy looking. 

A powerboat came into the anchorage, today, followed by two sailboats.  The powerboat anchored, and then the two sailboats rafted to it.