July 28, 2013

July 27th anchored off Protection Island at Nanaimo:  We like nice quiet anchorages but given heavy winds we made about a 20 minute commute from the dock to the bay at Nanaimo today and anchored.   You never know what you are going to find in anchorages that are close to a city.  This one has been fun.  We got to watch the search and rescue unit doing maneuvers which means they were dropping frog people from the helicopter to a moving motor boat.  Then they reversed the maneuver with frog people climbing back up the rope to the hovering helicopter.  We are up close and personal with a log float and two active tug boats moving massive amounts of logs from one side of the pond to the other.  Tomorrow is the 47th annual bathtub race http://www.harbourliving.ca/event/2013-nanaimo-marine-festival-and-international-world-bathtub-race/   which means that this evening we had a wonderful seat for a very well done fireworks show.  Quite a different day for us but fun none-the-less.