The moderate breeze had pushed out the smoggy curtain of pollution that settled over Greater Vancouver due to the many forest fires raging primarily in BC's interior regions over summer. The blue sky was back and there was a nice balance of cloud, sun and wind rippling shadow and light onto the ocean. (The sun spot made me think of the solar eclipse to come the following week.)
It was fun to glide under, rather than drive over, the Burrard Bridge as we traveled the relatively short distance towards Horseshoe Bay.
Vessels of all sizes were out that day, including the "pirate" ship (above) packed with tourists.
One boat seemed packed with everything except people. You'd have to do a bit of digging to find a captain who surely was buried under there somewhere.
The many freighters were lumbering giants amid smaller leisure craft.
Very much "fish out of water" when it comes to sailing, our only job was to enjoy the view.
The younger guests did some "fishing" while on board.
We all admired Lighthouse Park, a hiking spot, looking pretty from a distance.
As we drifted by the beautiful scenery our friends, the crew, were busy adjusting sails and looking after the important details of running a ship.
It looks like smooth sailing from afar but it takes work to achieve that carefree feeling.
A food fest concluded our journey. You'd have thought we discovered gold when we spotted an artistic miracle in a "rare" kernel of corn.
The smiley face expressed our own ear-to-ear grins during much of that day.
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