Mary and I decided to make a short boat trip up to Canada this week. We intended to find a bed and breakfast somewhere for 1 night, and then do some boat camping. Well, we found a really nice place to spend a couple nights – the Saturna Lodge. We ended up staying for two nights, we liked it so much. The room was comfortable, they provided a nice breakfast and coffee to get us moving in the morning. Go check out their website here.

Our Hosts Sylvia and Tex

This is the view from their deck. It’s kind of hard to see here, but they are located right on the end of Boot Cove. They have mooring buoys that are not exactly available right now, but will be in the future. In the mean time we used the public dock, located adjacent to the ferry terminal, and got a ride back and forth from Tex.

This is just a picture near their entrance that we liked! Their website has more pictures of their facility, go check it out. We really enjoyed our stay, they made us feel very welcomed. And, they are dog friendly!

We all see this view from the north shore of Stuart –

I’ve looked at that antenna for decades. Well, we got a chance to go up to the base of that antenna and absorb the view towards our island – wow, spectacular. Here are a couple pictures of our island, taken from the base of that tower on the high point of Saturna Island.

Another high point of the day was a visit to the Sage Hayward Winery, located on the south side of Saturna – Lovely grounds, nice lunch menu and a really nice Pinot Gris.

There is also a nice burger and beer place right at the ferry terminal that we visited. So, we spent 2 nights in the lodge, and during the days we cruised around in our boat and checked out the area. We went as far north as Galliano Island, just cruising around the area. We also checked out Tumbo Island and Cabbage Island, both just north of Saturna. Very nice sandy beach on Cabbage Island, and they say good hiking all around. We intend to return and moor here and camp out for a couple days.

The entry into Canada went very smoothly, we had to use the ArriiveCan app (create an account, put in your profiles, scan passports and covid vax info) and then you clear at Bedwell Harbor. A short phone call, and we were cleared in. We did hear that lines for the phone were 3 hours long on the day before our arrival, yikes. The process took us about 30 minutes. Then, returning back to the states, we used the CBP app and annouced our arrival as we neared the border. We quickly got a call from Customs in Roche, they asked all the usual questions and politely allowed us to go straight to Stuart.

We had a really nice trip. Go check out the Saturna Lodge, you will enjoy it we think.