• C-TravelerBritish Columbia CoastTraveler
    Abeam Campbell River. 1500 RPM, 9.4mph, 7.4mpg! :-)
    Morning coming up over Cape Mudge.Tide rips along Cape Mudge.So hard to see those damn logs this early in the morning, and in the tide rips.Past the tidal current change. Caught the Ebb current.1They put up with the clanging bell on the buoy!Nice white sand beach in Comox.C-Traveler at the end of the F float.There are three marinas here in Comox behind the break water. This is not the one I'm in.The tidal grid here is not like the ones I've used in Alaska.In Alaska, they are beams rather than a pad.1Front of Marina Park.Inside small Comox MuseumOn Comox Street.One of many structures at Filberg Park.Looking out on mud flat, from Filberg Park. Tide's out.That little blue spit of water actually has a lagoon with boats anchored. See next photo.Zoomed in. This is just beyond the mud flat in the earlier photo, at the end of that spit of water.Some one's back yard project.Another model boat along Comox Street.My walk around Comox.My Inreach track today.I had to round Cape Lazo, and then turn into the Comox channel.

    Comox

    June 16 in Canada ⋅ ☀️ 70 °F

    Up at 4am, and pulling anchor at 4:30. Let’s not make a habit of it! LOL. My timing was perfect in regards to catching the current changes abeam Mitlenatch Island. However, while my winds were mostly calm, the Strait of Georgia was throwing some ugliness as I continued south. Seas south of Oyster River started building to 1’-2’ waves. But they were following seas, so all in all still pretty comfortable. However as I progressed south they eventually built to 2’-3’. This was starting to get uncomfortable, particularly since there were no places of safe refuge along this area and I knew the winds would be picking up by noon. I finally decided to trade fuel for comfort, and put C-Traveler up on plane for about 15 miles. This cut two hours from my time remaining to arrival. The seas calmed back down to 1’-2’ abeam Cape Lazo, so I once again pulled the power back. Just beyond Cape Lazo, I turned to go around its peninsula, cross the Comox bar, and continue down the channel into the Comox Valley Harbour Authority marina, behind a rock breakwater. The winds did begin to pick up and blow pretty good as I came around Cape Lazo. This afternoon they are blowing about 25 mph out of the northwest.
    After getting tied up, I checked in at the marina office, then walked around the lovely town of Comox. This is another town if I were to move to Canada, would be worth considering. The downtown has many shops and restaurants. There is a very nice historic park, Filberg Park, that was very pleasant to walk through. Also stopped at a small museum with information on the past history of Comox. The museum was actually part of an art gallery. Across from that museum, was a small Gelato shop that also had some food items. I had a Chicken Cesar Panini, followed by some Gelato. White Chocolate Chip Raspberry, and Lemon Lavender. I stopped at the grocery store to pick up a few items on the way back to the marina. There is also a very nice park here, Marina Park, with a splash pad and several food trucks. The ice cream truck was closed when I left the marina earlier, and since I had done all that walking, and they had the Tiger Tiger flavor that doesn’t seem to be available in the states, (orange, and black licorice), and it’s been almost a month since I’ve had ice cream, I decided it would be ok to have a scoop of that. Lol!    Read more