POWELL RIVER

 on aug 4 i left vancouver  for HORSESHOE BAY and got the 9.50am ferry to LANGDALE. on the way the BOWEN ISLAND ferry QUEEN OF CAPILANO was coming in before we left HORSESHOE BAY. when i got to LANGDALE at 10.40 am  i meet my dads friend LORNE CAMPBELL and drove me onto EARLS COVE and got the there at 12.pm we waited for the MALASPINA SKY to arive wich it did and went to SALTRY BAY and along the way saw jervis inlet  LORNE pointed out NELSON ISLAND and VANCOUVER BAY on NELSON ISLAND wich i never knew . we arived in POWELL RIVER at 2.30pm and  got hotel for the night after that we headed for the westvieu terminal so we can get the 5pm ferry the brand new BC FERRY ISLAND DISCOVERY wich was going from POWELL RIVER to TEXADA ISLAND so we got on her at 5pm and went over to TEXADA ISLAND and back she is a intersting ship on they way back we saw the SALISH EAGLE wich goes from POWELL RIVER to COMOX on vancouver island so that was neet to see. after all that  when we got back to POWELL RIVER from TEXADA ISLAND we headed for our hotel and call it a night. the next morning we headed for home  before we headed out of town we stoped and got photos of both the ISLAND DISCOVERY and SALISH EAGLE wich were great after that we headed for SALTRY BAY and back on the MALASPINA SKY and onto EARLS COVE when we go there we stoped at PENDER HARBOUR and saw this fishboat on the side of the highway wich was at the entrance to the town wich looked intresting to see a fishboat on the side of the highway . after that we headed for a stop in SECHELT for lunch and onto LANGDALE wich we got the ferry back to HORSESHOE  BAY at 1.15pm i got home around 3pm after all that i got to see the new BC FERRY ISLAND DISCOVERY and lot of the SUNSHINE COAST i never seen or heard of in a long time