Absolutely could not have asked for a better place to stay or a better host. Wildly exceeded our expectations. The cabin is an absolute gem from the little thoughtful details like the coffee maker, bandaids, towels left out, to the actual details of the cabin itself with its water facing windows, the giant deck, hottub and beautiful loft space and railing that leads to it. It was spotlessly clean when we got there, and it all looked brand new, complete with a couch with a pull out bed. Our dog came with us and we were so grateful dogs were allowed (she wouldn't leave the extremely plush rug, and we joined her on it quite a bit).
Colin was the kindest most thoughtful host we have ever come across. He offered us numerous additional perks, and if fishing is your bag, or golf, he can hook you up or tell you where to go. He was johnny on the spot for questions, or if we needed anything for the house, or info of the island. We would have loved to join him for a drink but we bedded down early for our super early ferry time. We were nervous if we would make it on to the ferry because we had to go standby and he saw us off, just a super nice guy and excellent host.
We went in the hottub every single day, sometimes twice, and it has great views of the bay.
I also took our dog paddle boarding straight from the house (literally right in front of the cabin, maybe 100ft.).
This place is so excellently situated too, it is literally a city block from the ferry, bakery, and restaurants, and there is even a beautiful public access beach around the corner. It even has a little free library at the end of the neighbors driveway, you can see it when you pull in.
We have never been to any of the Southern Gulf Islands before, let alone Galiano Island, as we are from Seattle and usually just go to the San Juans- but holy moly this island blew all of the islands we have visited in the San Juans out of the water. Maybe just our experience and perspective but the solitude you are able to achieve on the trails and beaches is unlike any we have encountered in the SJ"s. And it took the same amount of time to get to and probably even less! We went through the US border at 6am and had we had the correct ferry ticket (I made a mistake) we would have been there at 9am. Considering it's a different country, it is just way easier to get to. And coming back was awesome because we had to go stand by on the earliest ferry, but all the locals said we should make because people usually do- and we did!
The parks and views here are incredible and we had SOOO much fun and peace, hiking empty trails to these crazy gorgeous views and paddle boarding around Dionisio Park- which you CAN hike into along Boundary Bay road (about 4 mi roundtrip-well worth it).
We would really to come back here and stay in this cabin again, and if you have more people- problem, there is the pull out couch bed AND a tiny house next door for the kids or your friends. It also has this really cool deck on top and one of those circular staircases that leads to it and its own private deck and water view. Plenty of parking. I just don't think I would want to stay anywhere else.