July 5th, 2012 – Namu

We did a slow meander up to Namu from Fury Cove and Reenie, Pete and Teresa were there to greet us. The weather is fabulous and we wander around to see whats fallen down this year. The winter weather was rather blowy this year but the folks in Namu were holed up nicely in the back bay. They apparently had about a 20 foot rogue surge or wave in February that washed up over the docks and on the streets of Namu and back over to the back bay, it’s a good thing they were nicely tucked away in the and did not have to feel the effects. The Chilcotin Princess tied up to the front dock lost its mooring log that kept it from crashing into the docks during the surge and it took a big bite out of both the dock and the warehouse it sits in front of. Reenie’s Cherry Tree in her green house is laden down with so much fruit, its hard to believe that its not a fake tree. Her peach tree had dozens of peaches on the branches and her figs and Kiwi were on their way to ripening!! We also found out that Pete of Namu was once a former employee of Gord – small world. Speaking of Gord, he did what we’ve all aspired to do once or twice in our lives, tossed his crab traps (both of them) without tying a line or bubble to them….Gord spent most of his time grappling for his traps. Thank god he got them back!