Waking to yet another beautiful, sunny day in the Gulf Islands; we showered and headed to a nearby bed & breakfast for the breakfast part.
Having already missed out on exploring the vast retail opportunities (okay, maybe vast is overstating just a bit) the previous day due to our late arrival and the town's early closure, we ate up and walked a couple of blocks into town, where we came upon the local shopping centre (remember that Canadian law I mentioned about spelling certain words differently?).
We moved about from touristy gift shops to toy stores to book emporiums to a hardware store (Mouats Hardware) that seemed anything but, as it also carries a number of non-hardware items such as furniture, kid's toys, boating, fishing and camping accessories, looking for that elusive perfect souvenir or cool gift for the grand kids. After a few hours of "browsing", we narrowed down our search to a few souvenir t-shirts for the grand kids and some paperback novels that somehow had gone unread by Lysa, who was now going to make-up for the oversight.
After picking up a few items at the market, we hiked back to the marina for some much needed "hydration". Once back on the boat, we enjoyed some music and the last few glorious hours of sunshine before turning in for the night. Tomorrow, we make the long cruise to Victoria, where I hope to finally learn her secret...ah yes, I can hear the moans all the way from Canada.
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