Our 24 year old Italian deckhand Paulo and I made the short 25 minute cruise from the boathouse in Port Moody, BC to Coal Harbour in Vancouver, BC arriving about 10:30. Timi was suppose to arrive about that time to meet us, however, was denied boarding in San Jose because she arrived just an hour ahead of departure. While I had done the same thing just the day before and got through, she was not so lucky. Consequently she was forced to wait for the next flight and arrived at the boat around 2:30.
We spent the afternoon getting everything organized (or sorted as the Canadian like to say) in anticipation of our guest’s arrive tomorrow. We were tired by the end of the day and thus an early dinner and bedtime was in order. Thus rather than venture into the big city, we opted for dinner at Cardero’s a very nice restaurant with a large deck overlooking the marina and located right at the end of the dock.
The next day, Saturday, while we left bit later than scheduled, Timi and I began our day with a lovely walk through Stanley Park, a 1,000 acre public park bordering downtown Vancouver and is almost entirely surrounded by waters of Vancouver Harbour and English Bay. Don & Debbie Lombardi actually arrived at the boat prior to our return but Paulo was able to greet them and they were nearly unpacked by the time we arrived.
We decided to spend the afternoon at Granville Island a shopping and entertainment district located on peninsula which was once an industrial manufacturing area. Within the district is a large public market where we enjoyed lunch at one of the vendors who sold only pot pies - one of my favorites. I was expecting more from the island and we generally found it crowded and touristy - a Fisherman’s Wharf-like experience.
After about two and a half hours we could take no more so spent the balance of the afternoon shopping, obtaining various needed supplies items from Bed Bath & Beyond, Stevenson Marine and Whole Foods. After cocktails on the flybridge it was off to dinner at the Italian Kitchen.
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