silver waters grey skies

Well we finally managed to find a cafe for the preliminary birthday lunch. Unfortunately it was not the menu nor the atmosphere I had imagined. We ended up having sangers and coffee in a cramped cafe, and the previously purchased choccies while sitting in the car afterward.
The kids had been chanting for "something to eat" for an hour, and since it was a long weekend many of the other appropriate restaurants were chockers. This was very apparent in one, which shall remain namelss, when a grumpy waitress pleaded loudly to her co-worker to "make those people GO AWAY", obviously referring to us - I was not all that impressed. So when we were offered the opportuntity to wait 20 mintues for a table, we tactfully managed to suggest she stick her restaurant where the sun don't shine, to which I am sure she was delighted, as it was one less table she would have to clear and we wouldn't have given her a very big trip anyway - not on principle, but because we are Australian and it goes against the grain.
This is a picture of some of the many boats floating lazily and un-manned around the place. In the distance there is a rather large barge being pulled out to sea by a tug. Overall Bowen Island has a relaxed feel - a bit of a hide away for the creatively inclined. Unlike the very close at hand Point Roberts, the day trip to Bowen Island was well worth the effort. And to those Canadians who swore there was nothing to see on Bowen Island, I can only think that we Australians are still in awe of the BC landscape; something that must be lost in the everyday for the locals.