Making Plans

So we don't yet have a departure date and we don't know who is going with us but sometime in early July we will take Solstice Tide up Vancouver Island and somehow (not yet sure on where we are going over from) we will take her across to Haida Gwaii with the intention of exploring the World Unesco Heritage Site of Gwaii Hanas. Luckily, we discovered an orientation session being put on at the Sydney North Saanich Yacht Club in early May which will allow us to get that necessary step out of the way. Other than that we just have a few things to do: reserve our spots in the park for the period of time we will be there; figure out who is going with us; finish the necessary mechanical work to get the boat ready; install the new roller furler (thank god!); get sails set up to go on the furler; power wash the boat; paint the top deck with grip paint; sew a new mainsail cover; scrub the inside spic and span; provision the boat; and so many other things that haven't actually come to mind yet. Did I mention that we are sailing every weekend in May? While this trip has been in the planning stages for months (and in Owen's case, years) - it only seems real now that we are actually booked in for the Orientation session - I am excited to get a better idea of the areas that we will be exploring. The work continues, the adventure begins.....