Happy Easter, everyone.  We are in beautiful Nanaimo; moving out to the Newcastle Island park for the afternoon and evening.  We'll cross the Straits of Georgia tomorrow and head to Westview, if the weather forecast remains stable.

Temperatures:   We’ve had mostly sunny days in the mid-60’s, although cold in the shade.  Here I am, enjoying a sunny (but still a bit chilly) afternoon on the beach at Montague Harbour.

Most mornings the outside temperature has been in the 34 -36°F range; the boat interior: 44°.  Running the furnace for about an hour gradually increases the interior temp into the low sixties.  We use our drying “cupboards” to preheat clothes before we dress.  This reminds me to mention …Becky’s Second Law of Marine Heads:  Changes in the ambient air temperature do not affect the marine head toilet seat, which remains equal to or below 35° F.  

Here is one of our inventions in actual use.  This is the hose from one of the drying cupboards deployed in the companionway...directly to the blanketed lap of the Captain. (What?  You think this looks odd?).

Okay foodies, you asked, so here are some of the meals we’ve consumed so far:

Breakfast: Scrambled eggs with chanterelle mushrooms (mushrooms sauteed and frozen last fall)
Breakfast: Homemade granola with yogurt
Lunch: Tomato soup and toasted brie cheese sandwiches (on a rainy, windy, motoring day)
Lunch: Cheese, crackers, and apple slices
Dinner: Ratatouille over orzo pasta with green salad
Dinner: Hoisin pork (leftover & frozen) over brown rice with an Asian cucumber salad
Dinner: Homemade turkey meatloaf sandwiches and Tante’s (Becky’s Aunt) wonderful transparent apple sauce ( an evening when we had to travel through our normal dinner time)

Of course, it will be hard to keep this up once all the good frozen items from home are gone (soon!) and fresh provisions become harder to obtain (in a few weeks).