Pacific Grace 2009 - Trip 5

Today started with a visit to Cougar Annie´s garden. Peter the caretaker and his friend Barry gave us a great tour of the area. It was the first time we had met Barry and he had many new stories of Annie that we all enjoyed. Stories of murdered husbands, Cougars and mice in the stew pot. After our garden tour we made our way to Hotsprings Cove which lies two hours further south. Once dinner was finished everyone enjoyed the peaceful walk through the forest to the springs. As darkness fell we enjoyed the hot soothing waters while watching the Pacific swells rise and fall on the rocks below the pools. Our walk back to the boat after a soak in the springs is always magical with the dark quiet forest and silver boardwalk just visible in the half light of dusk. Back on the boat the consensus was for a quiet mellow evening chatting and enjoying each other´s company in the hold.