Galiano Island Day Trip

Waters around Galiano Island

A flower along the road ;)  

 In August I realized I hadn't made any plans for my weekend off and wanted to get out for a day.  I took the ferry out to Galiano Island.  The plan was ferry out in the morning, catch the noon ferry back and run  my errands in the States before heading home.  There was supposed to be an art and wine festival that sounded like fun.  

The ferry ride over was fun.  I grabbed some breakfast at a random table and pulled out my trusty book, a sure conversation killer, right... The cafeteria slowly cleared around me but it was still pretty full.  A gentleman asked if he could sit on the other side of the table from me.  No problem, except he wasn't taking the book hint.  Hmmmm, no problem. I can carry on a polite conversation, except by the end of my breakfast this old guy has declared himself as my Island tour guide and I'm to meet him at his car for a ride.  Whoa, I listened to my mom when she told me never to get in a car with a stranger.  So I politely excused myself to walk the deck of the ferry, ducked into the restroom when I was out of his site and promptly changed my top and put on a hat. :)  Yes, I carry a change of clothes, I had planned to hike and didn't want to run errands in a sweaty top. As soon as the ferry docked I could see the guy looking for me, so I did the polite thing again.  I hid in the crowd ducked my shoulders and moved with the crowd off the island.  

Fun little pies at the Bakery

I explored around and discovered the art part of the festival was the town's weekly farmers market... OK, and the wine part wasn't starting until 13:00.  Blah, what a bust.  I'm so ready to leave, problem, the noon ferry doesn't operate on weekends, Argh.  No problem I can chill out until the 17:00 ferry, There's still the wine festival, of which I definitely got my money's worth, thank you complimentary hors d'oeuvres.  I ate so many spinach puffs and cheese, I'm sure the people passing platters were purposely avoiding me. 

I started hiking back and figured I should grab something on my way off the Island for dinner, as my day was going to be longer than planned.  "Spicy" Chipotle Chicken Burrito ended up being about as bland as mayo, but was filling on my ferry ride home :)  Next time we'll be a little more careful with the time table but other than that , fun day trip out.