Warmest birthday swim ever for Caitlin. The water was like a bathtub and the sky is brilliant blue. A northwest swell but no wind. A pair of horned grebes on the sea. Settled high and another brilliant summer continues.
Bowen Island is 20 square miles of rock lying two miles off the west coast of Canada. It is home to 3700 people, three mountains, two valleys, four lakes, about 15 beaches, two species of salmon, one village and me and my family.
"To chart this land hanging over ten thousand inlets and a distant mind as of many narrows, an impossible thing - no music sounds as many changes with such common theme."