08/06 - 08/08 - British Columbia

George, so how do we get to the picnic area -- walk from the marina or by boat? I looked at my Waggoner's and it was not very illuminating.

Warren
 
Hi Warren, great to hear from you. I'm sorry to hear about your mom, she sounds like a great person.

The marina says it's adjacent to the park with trails. The park can also accomodate dinghies if you want to dinghy over. I'm not sure exactly where our pavilion would be yet but it's all pretty close together. I'll get some more info out.
George
 
Hi Warren
The covered picnic area is in the park. You can access it , about 200 yards west from the dinghy dock,. It is in the trees with no view of the water. The facilities are pretty nice. It would be about a mile walk from the marina. However there are mooring balls and lots of room to anchor out in the north end of the harbor. The park dock can also accommodate about 10 boats on a first come basis.
The hippy bus to Hummingbird Pub stops at the park entrance, if your interested.
 
Hi there I've heard from Marilyn at the marina she figures it's about a 10 minute walk from the marina to the picnic area, or you can dock a dinghy at the Park dock and walk up easy.
 
George,

I called and left an email for Marilyn to book a slip and I haven't heard back. Any secrets to get a hold of the marina? Their phone number stated that they were closed until May.

thanks,
 
Hi Sarge, being the off season I had a couple of day wait on an email. The phone message also takes a day or two as the staff is in sporadically this time of year. Just leave a message at 250-539-5733 or email at info@montagueharbour.com
Marilyn is expecting some of us to call wanting moorage so she's saving
some. They're pretty on the ball, I've yet to hear back from my inquiry to Poets Cove a month ago!
No rendezvous there this year, we're over at Montague baabby.
Hey they are also on "Island time" so give 'em a day or two. George
 
Montague Harbour is one of our favorite stops in Canada. For those of you who've never been there before, the island has a shortage of water, therefore no showers. (I just remembered Carl, you probably have one in that big boat of yours :wink: )

We've always stayed at the marina and the facilities are pretty good but given the fact that there's no huge advantage to docking at the marina, we might look at anchoring out for a night.

Good choice George! :thup
 
George,

"Island time"....that's what I need. :D In my job I deal with people around the world each day, which results in no down time!

Thanks for the reminder to chill. I'll practice patience.

See you in August. I'm excited! :disgust
 
We just jumped in. With all the 12v I have on board now, I think we will just anchor out and use the dinghy for picnic site access. We have a generator as well and could even share some charging time with others. If some of us snag bouys we could do some rafting as well.
 
Although we'd love to do this one, we will be down in Vancouver for my son and g-daughter's birthdays from the 3rd through the 6th. So it's dependent on whether or not Meredith gets off the entire week if we will make the trip up or not. I may even run solo if she can't get off.
 
I was just talking to Dan D this evening about this one. Sounds like they are planning on it but that's for him to say. Don't think SleepyC will be able to make it due to time and distance. I'll look into it though.

Harvey
SleepyC :moon
 
Hi Warren please do book a slip if you want to be alongside. I think many folks anchor out at Montague or use bouys. The marina is expecting some of us to book space so just call them up and let them know you want a spot at the dock and power if needed. Marilyn the manager is at 250-539-5733 or info@montagueharbour.com Looking forward to seeing you guys there. George
Madi's Bunk is out on the water this weekend around Pirate's Cove and Wallace.
 
Montague is getting close already.. With my challenges of the year I have not done a bunch of the normal stuff of getting shirts and prizes etc for a trivia quiz. We will have an awesome gathering of friends who love c-dories and swap stories. Looking forward to it, and am open to anyone who would like to organize any events but I suspect most of us will be amply entertained with beach walking, hanging out and trips up to the pub. Will see you there soon folks, George
 
After having such a wonderful time at the Bellingham CBGT last weekend we are eagerly looking forward to everyone getting together at Montague!

I would appreciate some feedback from those planning on attending the Montague Gathering as to whether they will be reserving a spot on the dock or anchoring out or on a mooring buoy. We are leaning towards reserving a spot on the dock (assuming there is still space available) but if the rest of the contingent will all be out in the bay - away from the docks - we would be more inclined to do the same.

Also, for anybody familiar w/ the Montague area, are there shopping facilities accessible by either walking/taxi/ or the pub bus to acquire items for the Pot Luck? We have found it difficult to prepare 'home made' dishes and then convey them longer distances for the gatherings further afield and insuring such dishes arrived in an acceptable state.

Tanya has prepared home-made dishes for the Gatherings closer to home (such as Sequim for instance), but for longer distance locations we have typically relied on finding out what might be needed and then purchasing it closer to the Gathering site.

Anxiously counting down the days till the Gathering. Tanks for any feedback you might be able to provide.

Take care,
Dan & Tanya
 
Hi Dan, I'm booked at the dock and I think a few others are. It's a pretty small dock area and lots of folks will be on moorings. Montague has some store items available but probably best to stop at Ganges enroute or over at Bedwell when you clear customs. Also bring extra water as the Islands won't have much available. ie solar showers full extra 5 gallon bags etc. Look forward to seeing you there, not far off. George
 
Thanks for the feedback George. I will plan on trying to get dockspace then.

BTW, I have the "C-Brats Supplies" which is a fairly large plastic container holding plastic cups, paper plates, ladles and serving spoons, plastic forks and spoons and the single most important item - which Ruth passed to us at the Bellingham CBGT and said to guard w/ our lives - the C-Brats banner!

I was supposed to convey this stuff to the Clarks and Hoshstetters for use at the September Sequim Bay CBGT, but I could very well detour it to Montague CBGT if you think it would be useful.

Even if the entire supply canister would not be needed (please let me know!) I can bring just the C-Brats banner.


Tanks,
Dan & Tanya
 
Dan,

Congratulations on being entrusted with the legendary C-Brats banner! Before long, we'll have to show you the secret handshake and decoder cyphers. This is a high honor you know!

See you soon,
 
To be honest Roger, I am not 100% certain Ruth gave me the "real banner". The one we have could be a look-alike just to test out how we deal with such an honor.

They never mentioned the secret handshake or cypher so I do not think we are really on the "trusted list" just yet.

Take care,
Dan
 
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