Time is never wasted when spent with friends. 

An amazing day!  We headed out on R’Dream with our friends Norm, Lynn and Ken and spent the entire day out on the water.  It was every bit what we had imagined it would be and even more.

It took a while to get organized with all that we don’t know about fishing/crabbing/boating, but we got there eventually.  First stop on the water was to go check the crab trap that we had set the night before.  Everyone was so anxious in anticipation of the feast that we’d share later that day….everyone was about to be disappointed.  Our bucket was empty as they say….not a single crab.  We’d thought we were in a good enough spot, based on all the other traps in the area.  We’d used the bait we’d purchased for Prawns and Crab at Wal-Mart (Norm contends it’s nothing more than cat food…I have no clue).  But there was nothing.  There were a lot of sad faces as we carried on, after dropping the trap back in, this time with a bit of past-due chicken added to the bait bucket.

We headed towards Chemainus, to fill up with gas.  We really wanted to know that the gauges worked, because they didn’t seem to, and unless the tanks were full, we’d never know.  So we bit the bullet, finding out that it wasn’t nearly as painful as we’d expected, we carried on out into the channel to do the fishing that was the point of the day. 

It was slow, there was a salmon that grabbed a line, but was gone long before anyone could get it to the net or I could get my camera.  They all contend it really was a salmon….I have to take their word for it, with no proof having been seen for myself.  Then the waiting continued.  Not being a fisherman myself, it didn’t necessarily make that much sense to me, but everyone else was totally into it.  Lynn and I watched the new fish finder, and played with the settings until we got it figured out, then suddenly the mood of the day changed as one fish grabbed a line, then another, then another!  There was  so much excitement even from those of us that aren’t all that enamoured with fish.  We caught our limit of Rock Cod in moments, and then had to focus on what might come next, but it got everyone in the mood of the sport. 

The day ended with a final check on the crab trap, but again we were skunked as my grandfather would have said.  But even without the crab, the day was fantastic, the company great, and the confirmation clear that we’d made the right choice for ourselves when we decided to pursue R’Dream.  

At the Osborne Bay Campground here in Crofton, we’ve had the most amazing neighbours as well.  It started when Cecil decided to share his bounty of potatoes with them.  The next night they came to our door with some extra crab that they had caught to share…then tonight when we arrived, they had salmon on the barbecue to go with the crab we’d be cooking up.  Such generous spirited people, and proof that what goes around comes around.  Open yourself up to the good in the world, and the good reveals itself to you.  It was the perfect end to a perfect day.  I am so grateful for that, and can’t wait to see what comes next!