Lalalacasbah
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I don't agree. I believe if all was on the up and up, Family or friends would have made arrangements to meet their loved ones after such a long time away, and the type of trip it was. That would have been arranged when they arrived (in port 3 days)
I am of the opinion that they wanted to handle their return privately, with no family involvement.
Sure possibly they didn't want family involved if something was hush hush, but why involve the ex-GF then? That puzzles me. They did seem maybe frazzled and desperate and maybe would've caught a ride with anyone if they didn't have something pre-arranged.
Could also been bad planning as they didn't even know or plan how long to moor the boat for and literally decided in those 3 days. I know guys who are bit like surfer, traveller, outdoorsy types and they are very self-reliant, love the sense of adventure and spontaneity and don't always like to plan stuff out. Dan's life with his wife sounded very fluid, the wife said they were finally settling down.
I more or less meant we shouldn't frown on family and friends as to why they didn't do a pick up trip. I sure wouldn't want to pack up two kids to drive 45min-1hr to the ferry, take a 1hr 45 min ferry ride (IF there is no waits as sometimes there's 1-2 ferry wait times), then drive from ferry for 3 hrs to Ucluelet! That's 6-8 hour minimum trip from Squamish for Dan's wife. And to drive from Victoria is minimum 5 hours IF highways aren't backed up. I'm not sure I'd do that for a pal long trip or not