Lasqueti Interlude

We have spent two nights at False Bay on west side of Lasqueti island, taking the opportunity to dinghy to shore and walk the pleasant road that connects False Bay to Scottie Bay.

Being on Lasqueti is like a trip back in time. Very laid back community with no electricity and only passenger ferry service to Vancouver island, it has remained a very simple, mostly undeveloped island. While there do seem to be quite a few vehicles parked near the public wharf, there is almost no traffic on the roads (a lot of the cars look as if they have not moved in decades). Snacks are available from locals who put out self-serve glass-fronted wood cabinets near the roadside - just take what you want and leave the money in the box, or sign an IOU on a slip of paper.
The only real businesses are a pub (which has never been open when we have been there) and a small coffee shop / grocery store that seems to be under renovations most of the time. All in all, not a lot to do here so we spent most of the time on the boat just taking in the scenery.
The weather is not too bad, although it is still a bit chilly for most of the day, warming up a little in mid-afternoon. Although the marine weather forecast keeps calling for strong winds and some rain, we have seen little sign of either.
Today, we left False Bay, determined to "sail" somewhere. For a couple of hours, it actually worked. We had a 10 to 12 knot wind from the NW early in the morning, and we used it to try and make some headway north. In the end, due in part to the boat's limited ability to go to windward, and mostly due to our ineptitude as sailors, we only managed about 5 miles in approximately the direction we wanted to go, before the wind died and we were once again forced to motor on.
We took a lazy route to the other side of Lasqueti and are now anchored in a wide open bay call Boho on the east side of Lasqueti. As soon as we dropped anchor and got settled, a southerly wind came up, just to be annoying.
Tomorrow we will try for a real change in locales.
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