Canada!

A very quiet night at anchor in Hunter Bay but neither Barrie nor I slept as well as we would have liked.  It may take a day or two before all the odd noises don't startle us!  McDuff the cat is much braver this year.  He immediately crawled under the covers in the master stateroom but was out roaming the main cabin while we were underway.  Have you ever wondered how many hours a day a cat can sleep.  Ours is pretty close to 24!
This morning we opted for an early start and had the anchor up before 6.  The water was calm and the skies are overcast.  The first leg of today's journey took us through ferry-land.  In less than 20 minutes we had espied four ferry boats.  We were grateful for the new Standard Horizon radio that provides AIS.  It is great to be able to see all the boats on one screen.  Since we were transiting some fairly narrow water (including Wasp Passage), we found ourselves playing a game of "dodge the ferry".  We called in to Canadian Border Patrol and used our NEXUS passes to pre-clear.  We were  arrived at Bedwell at the appointed hour of 10 am and were told that we were free to continue our trip if a Custom's agent was not on the dock to greet us.  No agent, so we took a few photos of an otter taking a sunbath on the dock and continued on our trip.  Quite different from last year when we drew the short straw and got the thorough  search.
Leaving Bedwell we found the wind had picked up and white caps were beginning to form.  Luckily for us, the wind was from the south and the following seas were very kind.  We made great time, doing 9 knots much of the way and arrived at Gabriola Pass just before the tide turned to ebb.  We had an uneventful trip through the pass and snugged into Kendrick Bay hoping for more clear weather in the morning!  This is the home of the West Vancouver Yacht Club Out-station So far the weather forecast is very promising.We have the alarm set for 5:00!
I will try to add some photos when we have more than 1 bar of service!