22. May 2009, Montague Harbour, Galiano Island

No Photos, no internet, no cellphone coverage...cruising on Millennium Dragon has definitely started.
I cast off this morning under a sunny sky, onto a flat sea, and into a gentle breeze.
Four hours of sheer delight, watching the horizon changing constantly. Snow and glacier topped mountains, with the volcanic shimmering cone of Mount Baker the most impressive, emerge and hide betwenn islands along the route.
I met one of the new mega-ferries, who - according to the news earlier - carried a special passenger on that particular run: a young elephant seal (really) on her way back to a suitable release spot into the ocean after a stint at sea - creature hospital in Vancouver.
I picked up a mooring buy in Montague marine park, secured and 'fixed' a couple of things (always something on a boat), climbed into little Millie, the small Zodiac, and rowed ashore to hike to Montague Marina Cafe. A very agreeable spot, with a balcony overhanging the shallows below, where the intra-tidal sealife keeps up the entertainment.
It's quiet, no tourists or summer-boaters yet. Slim colourful kayaks lay upside down along a dock awaiting paddlers.
But, Atrevida, the breadboat, is anchored in the bay, open for her seasonal floating bakery business.
Maybe tomorrow will be anchoring testing day, always a little nerve racking first time out...
This place has a public phone. That high-tech device is the conduit for this post. Photos will appear, once I hit a public wireless spot...who knows when that will be.