Another little bit of rain later in the morning, again the ground is drying up quickly from the sun starting to peek out from behind the clouds. Plants are sure loving it, and just a little cooler too for those doing the projects around the house on Saturday so it’s all good.

Glad I got a swim in yesterday, you never know on the west coast when summer going to decide to go away and then grey skies are the norm, water is cold enough as it is and need that full on sun to warm up quick like coming out. Janice came down with me and she talked for a couple hours about her past, made for an interesting afternoon.

Over the weekend the local fireman had their annual “Dock Dance“, had a ticket but ended up not going…waking up from a quick nap after supper and going outside for a smoke, the warm up band was already in full swing and it was *loud*. And it was also quite chilly way up there at the top of the island, so stayed put and watched the fireworks instead, which was nice too being able to look down at them from the top and no ringing ears in the morning.

A BBC day today, getting warmer finally and into the dog days of summer with the mercury getting to 32 (90F) in the shade by mid-afternoon. Feels real good to me, the decade spent in Arizona has me spoiled for warm weather and don’t mind sweating at all. Got lucky coming back to the Snug Cove too, a nice spot in the shade to cool off the van.

Elizabeth didn’t have any reservations though, and had set off for Bowen Island completely on a whim and asked me if there were any other places to stay other than where the other two were going, such as an inn. Explained that the first inn was still in the approval stage, and that the bed and breakfasts on the island were scattered all over, but we could go down the list on the Chamber web site and use my cell phone to find something.

Undaunted, she decided to see if the Cove House had anything available and so far hasn’t returned to The Pier. Hope to see her around the island tomorrow, first person I’ve seen in a long time skipping (yes, actually skipping!) in the rain not knowing where she was going to and where she would end up next.

Finishing off the last few days of the month in the van and back up to Valhalla for the long BC Day weekend coming up. There’s still a gap after that until the 15th starts another two week stint at a new place on Cates Hill. Thinking earlier with little brother number one it would be nice to fit another little road trip in there somewhere up to the Chilcotin using his vehicle this time but having just sold their house and moving now, seems unlikely at least in the immediate future.

Still have two weeks to fill then, so would be good timing for my latest client that has a larger site to put together (in English and French) to dump all their content on me.

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.