With a swooch I pulled the curtains open.
There was in a short distance an unusual sight, a sailboat attached to our buoy.
Not that we care that much, we don’t even have a boat yet.
We assumed the “Private” signage on it should discourage people to use it but this is Sushap Lake after all and we are here to take it easy.

Breakfast are always an affair.
On our large balcony, a colourful table of bowls of messy blackberries, slices of local peach and reminiscent of childhood tasting strawberries. A parade of toast from toaster on an improvise table + extension cord + plug serve as a perfectly acceptable option to a non-stop make your own station. We talk, laugh, compare ideas, share projects and do lots of people watching, I should say car watching.

Yes there is a certain amount of traffic. It is expected, the road is just between the cabin and the lake. Real estate is always about compromise. A Provincial Park is few kilometres down the road and it attracts a certain amount of pick-ups, trailers, campers, jeeps and the ” new toy of the year” pontoons.

But this morning, at the table, it is that sailboat that induce a dream wave. With binoculars we take turns exploring their perfect teak deck, counting life jackets and estimate number of passengers and even comparing their breakfast table with ours.

All right this is not fancy Sydney Harbour or secret Telegraph Cove not even funky Pender Island but in this sunny and still a bit cool morning we remember with romance the eight summers we had our old 32 feet sailboat in another fantastic part of BC. We are imply and genuinely happy for this young family with the sailboat on our buoy.

Happy Winds on Shuswap Lake !