What separates a perfect day from a just really fantastic day? In this case, the differences were pretty minor. I spent half an hour figuring out what to do when Sunshine's Kobo completely froze up – thank goodness for the guest computer at Catcha. A little later I was walking out to the cliffs with my bag when I suddenly felt a cool trickle down my leg. My chug jug has opened in my bag and soaked everything. Thankfully there wasn't much in it and it was only water, but perfect days don't include pulling your smart phone out of a puddle in the bottom of your bag.

When Ivan's opened to the world at 5pm, it filled up pretty quickly. There was a group of a dozen or so who had come from Hedo and they were a lively bunch. One couple pulled away from the group and as he led his girlfriend to the loungers across from us, the fellow kind of blurted out to me, "Beautiful place isn't it?"

Next thing we know he is down on one knee, with a ring box in hand. We had front row seats. She seemed genuinely surprised and totally thrilled. It caused a great deal of celebration amongst the group and that kind of energy is infectious. Apparently commitment was in the air, as the Night of a 100 Candles also included a proposal that evening, though we only heard about it after the fact. If popping the question is on your to do list, do consider Catcha as the venue.

Sunset was another absolute winner. We were on a real streak.


Dinner was Ivan's again, but that was certainly no hardship. For a change we were on the opposite side of the restaurant that night, seated right along the cliffs. We were in fact perched right above where we had been giggling like fools the night before. That linguine was so good I was really tempted to have it again, but opted for the pineapple snapper instead. I like that the pineapple sauce has a bit more heat than I'd expect so it isn't too sweet. It was a good choice. Sunshine had the pineapple chicken again; he'd found something that tasted good and agreed with his system and he wasn't deviating.


As we wandered into Ivan's to settle our bar tab and get some ice, we ran into Rob and Lisa having a later dinner in the bar, along with another boardie from Thunder Bay, which is kind of in our neck of the woods. We stood around and chatted for about 15 minutes until their meal arrived. We settled up and headed back for a little private time.

Sunshine has a travel cribbage board he has been carting around on trips since somewhere near age seven. We ended the night on our patio playing cards and enjoying the sounds of the comings and goings on the road. If you play cribbage, his hand should tell you everything you need to know about how my game was going. I will be demanding a rematch this time around.


Tomorrow we'd be moving down to the beach, but we had miles to cover before we'd start our adventures there.