Pender Harbour and then Welcome Home!

It has taken me a long time to get this last post of our summer trip up on the blog. 

We spent two nights in Pender Harbour before heading back to Steveston. 

The weather was beautiful - sunny and hot summery weather!  

We were tired and ready to go home but the closer we got to home the more we realized we would miss being on the boat. But we were ready to go home. 

We really enjoyed the last two nights in Pender Harbour. 

I had been reading a book along the trip called "Fishing With John" by Edith Iglauer

It is a story about John Daly a B.C. Fisherman in the 1970's and his wife - Edith - who lived in New York and wrote articles for the New Yorker but fell in love with John and B.C.  and moved to Pender Harbour ( Garden Bay ). She writes about being out on the fishing boat in the early 1970's around the Central coast - Bella Bella - The Goose Group, Nemo,  Calvert Island .... All the places we were travelling. It was so interesting to read this book while we were traveling the area. I found it was a great book!  Thanks to a quilting friend - Sandi who rescued it from her uncles's book collection. 

John died in 1974 but Edith is in her late 90's and still living in their home in Garden Bay. 

Jim and I were able to find the home while we were anchored up in Pender Harbour and took a few photos. 

The shed out front and the dock and the house up in the trees on the right. 

The old trolling poles and sign that still says J. Daly above the salmon. 

We found a small park in Garden Bay for walking Jenny. Much nicer than the walk on the road to Maderia Park. And as we walked through the park and along the road we found the house sign. 

Edith Iglauer remarried after John died but continued to live in Garden Bay and was a very active member of the Pender Harbour community from what we understand. She is now 99 years old. 

We arrived back to Steveston on August 20.  Back home after one last night on the boat in Steveston. 

I think Andrew and Khyber missed us!! 

We were only home for a few days and then we were off to Calgary to see all the Grandkids and meet little Jackson Leo. 

Jim flew home after a few days and I stayed for two weeks. 

Then in the middle of September we took the boat to Victoria and the Gulf Islands for a week with my sister Sharon and her friend Eric. 

Now we rest for a little bit!