Summer 2008 on Bowen Island is much sunnier than in recent years, something like fifty plus days without any rain which must be some kind of a record. The new old van doesn’t get a lot of miles on it, mostly just moving it from one parking spot to another. Sure is nice to have, real comfortable sleeping in it and for the house sitting gig I’m on at the moment am sleeping in it rather than the house itself, it’s just that much more comfortable.
Regardless of the weather, the community is having a summer much like all the others. There are kayak and sailboat races, book sales, wedding parties on the USSC Marina lawn and local musicians playing Sunday afternoons at the Bowen Island Marina. The annual garden tour and mid-summer “Bowfest” that includes a parade and events in the park for families of kids, swimming in the ocean and a fireman’s dance are repeated as usual.