Salt Spring is always great

Thanks to Michael for taking over as driver for this trip and for doing such a great job.

Here we are poised to get onto the ferry!

SInce we couldn't get a wine tasting, we decided to go for cheese instead and had a fantastic visit to the Salt Spring Island Cheese on our way up island. This turned out to be our best tasting visit yet.

On arrival, we were greeted by the owner and given a very interesting tour of the farm.

As we found out, there's quite a lot to making cheese.

The farm had some great opportunities for photography....

and some adorable livestock.  Salt Spring Island Cheese import goat and sheep milk from local suppliers and concentrate on the cheese making rather than dairy farming, so these guys are more decorative than productive.

They do sell eggs from some good looking and well cared-for hens.

The tasting and tour was free.  We got to cut our own pieces of cheese to taste on crackers, and there was a wide variety to try from absolutely fresh feta to some well cured hard cheeses.  The camembert type was especially good. The owner packed our purchases in a box with ice to keep them fresh. We will definitely be visiting Salt Spring Island Cheese again!

Ganges was beautiful as usual and a great place to browse and have lunch, and, of course, we called in to Russell Farms on the way back to the centre.