Sweet & Savoury Savary
We recently returned from a week on Savary Island, a spit of an island (about 5 miles end to end, and less than 1 mile at its widest point) of the coast of British Columbia. As the crow flies, about 110 miles north of Vancouver to Lund, BC, then a short water taxi ride. Look here for a better idea of where it is.Savary has no electricity, no internet (horrors!). and delightfully little infrastructure. No paved roads; the "airport" such as it was got its runway disabled after an accident. It is ruggedly beautiful, has a General Store, a restaurant, and "taxi" service (old pickup trucks that fetch you at the dock and deliver you to wherever you're staying). That's about it. Phone service is available throughout (and there's cellular coverage), but 3 public phone booths remain, and are actually shown on the island map! There's no trash pickup on the island, so in addition to packing in most of our food and other supplies, we had to pack out our trash. Three bags for 8 people for a week isn't so bad -- burnables got burnt in the wood stove, compost-ables were buried.
We were invited to the island by our friends Blake & Libby Kelly, who have been visiting Savary for some 3 decades now. We spent the week with the two of them, a daughter (Jennifer) and son-in-law (Merlyn); and two grandchildren -- girl 7 (Reina), boy 7 weeks (Charlie). Here's the lot:
There isn't a lot to do on Savary; we read quite a bit, ate well, drank too much, fawned over the kids, hiked and wandered the shore. Returned to the favorite spot on the beach that the Kelly's had camped back when their kids were young.
Scott ended up preparing most of the food for the 8 of us, unplanned but fun for all. We brought a bit of cookware and ingredients for a couple of meals, and would bring some more equipment if we get the chance to visit again. Merlyn & Jennifer brought a 3 1/2kg coho salmon which fed the 7 of us twice and was gluttonous at that.
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posted by Scott & Kathy @ 2:31 PM
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