Leaving Ganges Harbour for Galiano Island, it was very difficult to haul the anchor due to the muddy nature of the Harbour bottom, combined with the relentless South wind. T2 was definately dug in. Sea was challenging due to strong South wind. It wasn't long before I was in the lee of Prevost Island. Trincomale Channel was fairly calm and soon I was at anchor North of Montague Harbour, on beautiful Galiano Island.

That was before the smoke from forest fires burning in Washington State blanketed much of BC. It was so bad, I felt guilty burning wood in my woodstove. Overnight summer ended. There was no one swimming at the beach and one by one the other boaters left. The smoke brought with it a feeling of claustrophobia. Not wanting to breath in the smoke, I withdrew below deck. Kevin wanted to meet up at Pirate's Cove in a few days but that's another 6 hours North, and in the smoke, it just didn't seem like fun. So I left.

Galiano Island