FROM HERE TO THERE...

Heading back to Toronto today we made a scheduled stop in Edmonton, although when we booked, we didn't actually read the small print where it said 1-stop. It was chilly in Edmonton, because it was a short stop-over we stayed on the plane, big mistake when they open the rear door to re-load the kitchen and the -19 degC wind blows through.

Climbed up the hill at the site to see what the weather was like, this is looking south-east, the skies were threatening but never opened up.

Ominous skies.

We were able to catch the afternoon ferry back to Swartz Bay.

Some of the evening skies along the way to Mayne Island. From there we had to transfer ferries.

Waiting at the Mayne Island ferry dock.

The mornings look promising weather wise, but by mid-day the overcast skies have moved in and the showers start off and on. Today was only about 5 degrees C. So far there has been 214 mm of rain at our Saturna Island site in the first 23 days of November. A couple of pictures from the cottage this morning.

Looking towards the cottage from the road above.

Sitting in the cottage on Saturna Island and have been up since 4:30 PST. That would be 7:30 EST and 9:00 Newfoundland time. It rained most of the night, but it seems to have stopped for now. The good news is we have power on the island and we were able to get over on the ferry. If it was last week, they had canceled ferry service for a bit and the power was out for one day.

After a brief stay at the Hotel Tanabe, it was back to the airport for a trip out to the soggy coast. We were delayed at the gate waiting for them to remove someone's bag, for some reason the airport seemed busier than usual. There was a traffic jam of planes waiting to come in to the gates.

Then we had further delays when we had to go for de-icing.

A close-up of the robot-like sprayer.

The de-icing truck.

When we pulled out of the clouds after take-off, there was another plane at a higher altitude.

Looking south as we made the approach into Vancouver.

We were delayed in Toronto almost an hour and therefore missed out scheduled connecting flight to Victoria. So instead of the usual Dash-8 over to the Island, we were rescheduled on a an A319, it was the same size plane I took from St.Johns to Toronto. Here is the Vancouver Airport.

The view looking south.

One of the ferries heading back to the mainland.

After a quick stop in Sidney for lunch and groceries, it was onto the ferry over to Saturna Island.

After we pushed off from the dock, the skies cleared and we had a sunny trip over to the island.

The sun was brief, but still good to see.

Looks like somebody didn't read the sign.

This may be the only sunset I see on this trip.