Bella Coola Day Two

The fueler showed up this morning on time at 9am, but needed 20 minutes or so to close out his books for May. Bill and Mike arrived around 8am and docked at the breakwater dock. I had moved over to the fuel dock just before they got here. I took on about 60 gallons of gas to top off my tank. (It holds 100g). There was only room for one at a time at the fuel dock, and Mike came over next. Bill came over last, and then he headed out. I went back to the dock I was at overnight, and Mike went back to the breakwater dock. Then the two of us headed into town. It’s about a mile and a half walk. We had just left the marina area, when another local boater and his wife offered us a ride. Our new friends dropped us off at the Credit Union down town, as I wanted to exchange some US cash. I wanted to do my laundry at the marina, and the machines only took coins…Plus I owed Mike Can$10 and figured I could use Canadian currency later… (Long story. I was fixated on using my credit union debit card, but the ATM kept denying the transaction. Ended up that the system would not use a Visa debit card. And it didn’t help that I had never used this card, and it’s been a long time since I even used an ATM. I was giving up, until I realized I was at a Credit Union and they should be able to change my US currency! LOL! And they did!) Mike had forgot his jacket in the pickup of the folks that gave us a ride. Fortunately, our fueler, whose office was there in town, knew the couple and had their number. They would be back at the docks between 2-3p and Mike could get his jacket then. We walked back to the marina, and then I started my laundry. On the walk back, we stopped to look at the Museum, which was closed. Saw a couple waterfalls, and a large rock that had some plaques about Sir MacKenzie. Also saw a land for sale sign, and when we went up that driveway, found some caved in buildings. Mike got his jacket and was off the dock around 3, and I finished my laundry and was off the dock around 3:30p. We are both currently underway, back to Eucott Bay. Bill ran pretty slow, and just got there. My ETA is around 8pm, unless I start getting an ebb current with a little push. I’m currently underway as I work on my blog, and will nuke (microwave) my supper soon.
Also, if I did my math right, we ended up paying $5.45/gallon in US dollars. I had to do a few more computations, as I also purchased 4.5 gallons of diesel that I use in my Webasto heater, along with about a half a gallon of gas for my little generator.Read more