Alert Bay

We should have known that travelling to Alert Bay on a Sunday when the final game of the World Cup Soccer was playing would be a challenge. Our guide didn't show up, there were no restaurants open, the dancers were not dancing and all the little shops were closed. We had to take a picture of a shop with the OPEN sign on with a note on the door saying they were closed. We managed to find lunch in a little deli - we desperately needed coffee. The pub was so dark we did an about face. The 25 minute walk on the newly constructed boardwalk to the Cultural Centre was quite pleasant. We had time to look around and chose to buy the video they were showing to save time. We watched it later that evening. It was a damp cool typical west coast day and we were glad to get home to warm up.