Aug. 22nd - Ganges

It was partially cloudy this morning but looks like it will burn off soon as you can see the sun trying to break through. It was 66 at 9:00.
We love Ganges (well, maybe me more than the Captain). They have a great marine store with all kinds of things like household & clothing (Mouats), great little stores, a nice grocery store, liquor store, fish market with local fish brought in by the fishermen, galleries & restaurants. Also a good place to do some walking as our marina is a little ways from the village. The other thing we love is the Saturday Farmers Market. They always have great vegetables, cheeses, spices, breads, jewelry & art. I am sure the marina will fill up today with people wanting to go to the market.
We walked into Ganges this morning to go to Mouats, had lunch & then stopped at a spa that had been recommended for a pedicure - made an appt. for 2pm. When I went back for my appointment, another woman came in towards the end of my time & asked if I was Lynn Ries. Turned out that we had worked together at Peoples Bank - her name is Priscella Crutcher. She recognized my voice first & then me. Talk about small world!!! She's a boater too & belongs to the Seattle Yacht Club also. Turns out she was at the Pender Harbor outstation when we were just there & came down to Ganges the day before we did. I would never have recognized her so I'm glad she said something. Their boat is not far from where we are docked. I stayed for awhile catching up with her & will definitely look out for her next year.
It got up to 74 today. We went to our friend Jan's for dinner tonight. She is here with her sister from Arizona. They are staying in a great apartment that overlooks all of the marinas here. Our dinner was a variety of cheeses from the places they visited today on their drive around the island looking at artist studios. We also had smoked salmon, veggies & fruits that they found at stands along the way. We walked back to the boat around 9:30 with the help of our flashlight.
Tomorrow we'll meet them at the farmers market around 9:00 & after we're done, they'll come over to the boat for Rod's "famous bloody marys."