Thursday 17th September – Sidney

A walk along the seawall of the bay at Tsawwassen this morning. Huge tides here and the tide was out. Mudflats as far as the eye can see. Lots on blackberries on at the moment. Very tasty. This area is also a bird sanctuary and there were more birds here than anywhere we have been in Canada. Lots of little birds and water birds (mainly Mallards).

Robert dropped us off at the ferry to make our way to Swartz Bay and then on to Sidney. We had just missed the 11 o’clock ferry and had to wait ‘till 1 o’clock so had time for some lunch and a bit of shopping browsing at the quayside market.

Off the ferry, we found a bus heading to Sidney. Once in Sidney, we only had a couple of blocks to Kathy’s house (Kathy is also a couch surfer). Kathy was looking after her granddaughter, Grace.

While Kathy took Grace home and went off to Tai Chi, we went for a walk down to the waterfront at Sidney. They have just spent a lot of money doing it up and have done quite a nice job.

Purchased some potatoes and a bottle of wine to contribute to the pie and vege that Kathy had prepared. Lots of chatting over dinner. Off to see Zappy the Llama in the morning.