WEEKEND ON THE ISLAND.
Day 285 – We made a trip into town (VERY small town) to go to the Post Office. We were really surprised how many people were there, hanging around the one strip mall and crossing the street in a huge mass to go to the Saturday Farmer’s Market. It seemed like the entire large city of Campbell River had taken the ferry over to Quadra Island. We just went to the post office – not across the street to the Farmer’s Market – there wasn’t room there for two more people. WOW!
On the way back to the RV we drove through Cape Mudge Village which is where the local First Nations people live. We were looking for the Cultural Center and Museum; we’d heard people talking about it the last time we were at the Lodge. We didn’t find the Museum, but the drive through the town was interesting, feeling a bit like we’d stepped back in time.
We had lunch at the Lodge. I had the Fish Tacos and Rob had the Seafood Caesar Salad. It was another beautiful day to sit outside on the patio. We asked our Server about the Museum and it turned out that we had turned into the Village too soon – we’d needed to drive a couple more blocks to arrive at the Cultural Center. There’s a place in town that serves only Eggs Benedicts on Sundays. We think tomorrow we’ll have breakfast there, then go to the Cultural Center/Museum.
We sat outside in the afternoon; the campground is busy, too. We made a batch of Salmon Chowder for dinner and a couple of future meals. Rob’s brother and family called and we caught up – they’d recently returned from an Alaska vacation – what a trip! We should go there! Then we returned outside until it got dark. We watched the boat and ship activity on the water. There were four different cruise ships, 2 heading north and 2 heading south. We also saw a Sea Lion, lazily swimming by, and a Seal bobbing up and down. The sunset was nice, as usual. The high today was 71 degrees and it was mostly sunny.
