Apples or bell peppers or lettuce or tomatoes or anything fresh for that matter. The guidebooks all said that the small mom & pop marinas up here had “well-stocked” or at least “adequately stocked” produce supplies. But since we’re ahead of the tourist season, the best we’ve found since Squirrel Cove are two tired, limp cucumbers and an onion skin in a basket. We polished off the last of the produce – an apple and an orange bell pepper – about a week ago. And I’ve been craving fresh food ever since.
But oh joy of joys! Port McNeill on the northeastern tip of Vancouver Island has a real grocery store. With a real produce department!
The store is nice enough to let cruisers drive their carts, loaded down with fresh fruits and veggies, bakery goods and other necessities, back to the marina. They even send someone to retrieve the carts each night. So after checking out, I wheeled my bag-stuffed cart out of the store and down the sidewalk, where I met Aaron toting a bag full of wine, rum and beer from the liquor agency. We piled in his loot and trucked off across the street, through a gravelly patch, over an uneven and bumpy sidewalk and down the hill to the marina. We totally should have brought the camera.
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