The season for Montague Harbour Marina opens May 1, so we’re among their first customers of the season.  During the winter, they completely remodeled the interior of the store and office — very nice.  We were looking for some celery for our clam chowder soup, but celery was not among their very limited inventory.  “We have zucchini”, Amber offered.  Oh, well.  They did have delicious ice cream, however, which was the main reason we went ashore.  We sat out on the deck and savored every bite, while enjoying the beautiful view of Montague Harbour.

While crawling around the engine room checking out the engines one day, Al suddenly felt that his knees were wet.  Not a good sign.  The engine room is carpeted with thick aircraft carpeting, which is non-flammable, to save Al’s knees.  When Al pulled the carpet up, he found that it was completely soaked, especially under the fresh water filter.  Leaks on a boat are always hard to run down and the source is almost never where you think it is.  In this case, Al thought the filter must be leaking.  However, after spending considerable time running it down, it turned out to be a leaky fresh water pump.  He tightened the hose clamp, but that didn’t stop it.  So, he put on 2 hose clamps, which solved the problem. 

I managed to get in 2 days of paddling, and on the second day spotted an otter floating on his back, enjoying his breakfast.  Wish I’d had my camera.  Sure hope I can find a battery charger for my camera in Nanaimo.