Caleb (14)
8/15/10
This morning we started off normally, with eating breakfast, Dad starting the engine, and me and mom raising the anchor (where I got to remove a crab clinging to a strip of seaweed stuck on the chain), and waking everybody up. After we left Nanaimo I drove the boat for about an hour,then Emma got to drive. Afterwords we did some filming with the digital camera,in Emma and Colin (act out) arguing about cushions, bed and such. Now that we have crossed the Canadian border, all signs are written in English and the in French, and the same goes for the weather radio.We have just anchored in quiet bay of Grace harbor. The stream on the map in the head of the bay had dried up, apparently it's been a dry month here. This was disappointing as we were planing on playing in the freshwater. Luckily there were other things there instead. Jellyfish from 1-5 inches wide were floating around, one was close to shore, so I got to test the "Tops Won't Sting You" theory. But the best part was the snakes. The snakes were about a foot and a half long, had two yellow stripes down it's back, which was colored black. They would slither around the rocks and then slide into the water, skim around the surface then dive down until we couldn't see them anymore. Most surprising of all was when we figured out that they were ordinary Gardener Snakes!!(of course Rilla and Cian still freaked out when one came towards them.)
Emma (12)
Day 13 Sunday the 22 Nanaimo Harbor 8:45 p.m.
Since today was Cian's birthday he opened some presents before we started the day. After taking a walk to the park we went to two bookstores and a bakery. At the bakery I got a cinnamon bun that was very good. After leaving the bakery we hiked to the Nanaimo Museum and had a Blast! There was a cave exhibit with "rock" walls and a mine cart. There was also a Education exibit with a classroom and very old books that were lying around for you to read. After leaving the museum we went to a suviniershop called "Newfoundland to Nanaimo" to buy t-shirts for our christmas photo and gifts for friends. After heading back to the boat we went to the library again for wifi but we was only there for a little while before it closed. For dinner we went out for burgers at a resterant called Mrs. Ritchies diner. After eating we headed back to the park to play. Back at the boat we let Cian open the rest of his presents after having cupcakes and wishing him a Happy Birthday. -Emma
Colin (10)
My favorite things I did were seeing Orcas and swimming in the bays and lakes. Next, was seeing a false killer whale, and staying in Nanaimo, One time, we ate at a buffet. I also liked playing at a park in Nanaimo, and my grandpa gave me a camera, so I go a lot of pictures too. I had fun sailing on the Freewinds.
(This is a picture of the false killer whale)
Rilla (7)
Here is a picture that Rilla drew of the killer whales:
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