[Leica] Leaving Pender

[vick.ko at sympatico.ca (Vick Ko)]

Nice photos, Howard.
And thanks for the story on the buskers.
Have a safe trip home.

Vick

On 09/11/2013 7:01 PM, H&ECummer wrote:
> Hi Luggers,
> We have closed the cabin and headed back to Vancouver to prepare for our 
> annual "visit children" voyage to Hong Kong and beyond.
> We would normally take the 58 year old Queen of Nanaimo from Otter Bay, 
> Pender Island, to Tsawwassen - the Mainland Ferry Port.
> But, in high winds early last week, the Queen of Nanaimo was blown aground 
> coming out of Sturdies Bay, Mayne Island, and is now
> in dry dock being repaired. So, we had to do a "turn around" and take the 
> small ferry to Swartz Bay to connect with the large ferries
> that run between Vancouver Island and the mainland. We took the German 
> built Coastal Celebration pictured here:
>
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Canada2013/CoastalClbrtnw.jpg.html>
>
> http://tinyurl.com/my2s744
>
> On the way to Swartz Bay from Pender Island we passed Saltspring Island 
> looking like a painting in the twilight:
>
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Canada2013/Saltspringw.jpg.html>
>
> http://tinyurl.com/lah7xdw
>
> On the Coastal Celebration we were treated to an impromptu busking concert 
> given by two very talented guitar pickers from
> the Maritimes who were playing their way back across Canada. They were 
> very good and sold their CDs for $10 each.
>
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Canada2013/JammingW.jpg.html>
>
> http://tinyurl.com/lle2hfa
>
> Busking is not allowed on the ferries but the music was so fine and the 
> passengers enjoyed it so much that
> the watchful crew wisely decided to leave the entertainers alone. It was 
> nice to see such reasonable application of authority.
> Doesn't happen that way very much these days in my experience.
>
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Canada2013/CrewW.jpg.html>
>
> http://tinyurl.com/qaqe789
>
> Please look large. C&C always welcome.
>
> Howard (preparing for Hong Kong)
>
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