We left Anacortes at 10:00am to head on to Sidney in British Columbia. It is always nerve-wracking to me when I have to call Canadian customs to let them know about our entry into Canada. Now that we have a NEXUS card we do not need to stop at one of the sites. We can call in a couple of hours from our arrival. The call taker collects information such as a boat name, our names, the NEXUS card numbers and then asks about the food, alcohol, tobacco and firearms that we might have on board. Since we don't drink or smoke, that part is easy. We also know better than to bring any kind of firearms into Canada so that is an easy one. The part that gets tricky is what food we are allowed to bring in. Normally, we just can't bring in apples or any fruit that has a pit. The list can change, though, so it is always good to confirm before bringing in a lot of fruits and vegetables. It all went smoothly, though, and we arrived in Sydney about 2:00pm.
We discovered that Sidney has a weekly Farmers' Market on Thursday evenings in the summer so we walked up there to see what it was all about. It was huge! It ran along the mains street for about 4 blocks. I didn't buy anything since I had just stalked up in Anacortes but it was fun to check it all out. There were several musicians performing as well as "The Copper Girl" who was a street performer.
We fixed our dinners on our boats and then retired early after a long and tiring day.
