Sidney

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At 9:18am we untied from our mooring buoy at Sidney Spit for the 2.53nm passage to the town of Sidney.  We tided up the boat in their last slip that was just big enough for us.  After getting settled in it was off the Rumrunners restaurant for some lunch.  It’s a great little pub right next to the marina with an awesome view of the water.  The food was great, we highly recommend it, although Ava was in one of her “moods” and was pretty miserable to deal with.

With hopes of cheering her up we walked across the street to the Salish Sea Aquarium.  As you go into the aquarium doors open acting like you are going into a submarine.  You stand in this small room as the doors close the floor starts shaking and screens on the ceiling and walls makes it fell like you are going under the water. It was an extremely nice well-done aquarium (although small) that focused solely on the Puget Sound and Gulf Islands.  We got to see all kinds of interesting sea creatures and the kids had a great time!  Best of all Ava thought she was really under water the whole time.  It was so funny to hear her talk about it after.  She loved it!

We had a great time waking through town, stopping at a little pizza place for a beer and picking up some new clothes for Julie and I.  The town has a nice grocery store close to the marina so we stopped in and picked up some necessary items.  Even better is that you can push their carts all the way down the dock back to your boat!   That evening Skylar and I had a nice dock walk looking at all the boat

Trip Log – 249.86nm

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