After the rain and wind in Johnstone Strait, we were hoping for better from Toba Inlet and Desolation Sound. We would have to wait. We woke to overcast skies and occasional rain. We packed up to catch the ferry to Cortes Island, via Quadra Island. We were not sure what time the ferries ran, but it worked out anyway, as the ferry was just getting ready to load cars. The Campbell River to Quadra ferry ran once an hour, a short ten-minute journey, while the Quadra to Cortes ferry ran every two hours, taking 45 minutes. Luck must have been shinning on us, as the second ferry was waiting for the convoy of cars transitioning from our ferry to the next. A few minutes later, and we were aboard for the longer ride to our
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