Day 1 at Egmont

Pop, his first customer of the year, and I moved the floats into position this morning. It was a simple procedure of untying ropes and using a couple of pike poles to push the floats and retie the lines once they were in alignment. The timbers on the floats are gradually rotting away but we think they will last another summer. It will be a huge job to build new floats - or a huge expense to buy new floats. For now, we’ll make do.

I wandered the property, looking at the jobs which need doing, the weeding, the growing flowers and plants and goose poop - everywhere. With Hugo here, the geese will most likely stay away which is good. They make a terrible mess. Hugo ran, bounded, leaped and enjoyed his freedom. With no cars to worry about, he has free run of the property and loves being outside, chasing the robins, picking oyster shells from the beach and dragging sticks and logs up onto the grass. It’s going to be a big job cleaning up after him when it’s time to mow! He loves it here though and it’s the perfect spot for a dog.

I told him ‘Grandpa’ was coming and we walked down to the floats to watch as Kent brought the boat in. Hugo was excited to get on board once the ‘Jervis Mist’ was tied up.

Kent ‘unwinterized’ the water and electricity, plugged the boat in to the power and washed most of the salt off the boat. He’d had an ugly crossing from Crescent beach to Point Roberts yesterday, then spent the night in the marina - after ‘poking his nose out’ twice to see how the wind was. It was howling so he stayed put until this morning when he crossed to Nanaimo to clear customs. He docked in 6 inches of snow. Customs said they were sending someone down to the dock but they never showed so after a phone call to confirm, he left. He arrived mid-afternoon at Egmont.

We have a ‘down Jervis’ wind blowing and the waves are bumping the hull, making it difficult to sleep. Hopefully the float anchors will hold!

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