Today Janet, Sneaker and I took a slow walk down to Crayola Beach. It took longer than usual due to bumping into a deer at the end of the road who although interested in us wasn't scared and wandered off when he got bored with us.

I come face to face with such a calm deer at the end of the road

Sneaker comes face to face with a deer at the end of the road. The deer notices Sneaker, but since the poor guy is blind he doesn't notice the deer. Even when he did, he ignored it.

Janet and Sneaker braving the breakers on Crayola Beach

Janet and I on Crayola Beach ... what a great day for a walk

Today a mother and her two babies came to our backyard to snack on the berries ... simply beautiful.

The mother deer has a good look at us taking her picture

The mother deer shows the babies the berries in the back yard

The mother deer sees us taking pictures of the family out the window

Bowen has so many little woodland creatures many of which visit our home. How peaceful a place we live in.

Such beautiful eyes on this little deer that is visiting our back yard.

Our afternoon visitor munching down on the berries in the back yard

Little Bambi snacking by the road

Bambi on the side of the road

What a beautiful little deer on the side of the road

Unfortunately once we came around the corner out from Snug Cove we were faced witht the wind and the waves. Spray was coming over the bow and we didn't feel confident enough to put up the sails. So we went for a little motor around the cove. Nice just to get out in the sun.

Go to Google Maps and follow the route we took today. Or visit sailing video's to see a short video of the trip.

Getting the boat ready for a day out on the water.

Trails in the water from the motor ... too bad we have to use it on the sail boat.

Janet's wonderful legs.

Cute otter sunning its self on the dock.

Happy little otter on the dock.

Happy little otter rubbing it's back on the dock.

Janet and I finally found a day where we could take the boat out and actually get the sail up for a change. Today there wasn't that much wind and we had the sail reefed in just in case the gusts were too much for us. What a wonderful day to build up our confidence sailing on our own.

Go to Google Maps and follow the route we took today. Or visit sailing video's to see a short video of the trip.

Quick picture by balancing the camera on the cabin and trying not to rock the boat that much. It was a wonderful day out on the ocean.

The captain's buddy Gilligan finally get's his turn at controlling the boat

Good thing that we have a GPS so we can track where we have been.

Janet checking out the hammock like properties of the sail ... looks cozy.

We even managed to keep the sails relatively full of wind ... good thing Peter had given us those sailing lessons.

The happy captain at the tiller again. Almost like I was only there just to take pictures of her.

Janet showing that she is really the captain of the Zephyrus.

The happy captain in control once again.

And we wondered why we couldn't sail in a straight line.

Aiming at a point on Bowen Island. It was much harder than I thought sailing with the wind than sailing into the wind.

Waiting for the Bowen Island ferry to cross our bow so we could turn into Snug Cove.