Nanaimo to Ganges - 5 hours, 34 miles

It is another big jump for us as we travel through Dodd Narrows today. We entered the narrows ½ hour before slack tide and had no difficulty. We spend most of the morning in Trincomali Channel. We are going to Ganges Harbour on Saltspring Island. There was plenty of room in the anchorage. The only problem we noted was that there is frequent float plane arrivals and departures all day long. Those things are noisy! It stopped a little after sundown. We remember Ganges as having lovely little art and jewelry galleries. Somehow it all seems bigger and busier. We thought coming on a week day would be peaceful. It’s not. The town is still charming and great to walk through. It does have an awesome hardware store which carries everything from nuts & bolts to kitchen & pet supplies. We didn’t go into the grocery store, but it is nice to know it is there.