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It’s now August 31st, and Plan B and I are in Port McNeil to resupply.\u00a0 Erin and Sheila started the long drive home this morning and I will head out again tomorrow for a few more weeks of cruising.<\/p>\n Continue to Part 2<\/a><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u00a0 At the beginning of August, 2016 I started out on a two-month cruise on the Plan B.\u00a0 This was a shake-down cruise, as it was the first time I had been out on the Plan B for more than a few days. \u00a0 \u00a0 Janet joined me for a couple of legs of the… Continue reading 2016 Broughton Archipelago Cruise<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-21","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/riffelages.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/riffelages.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/riffelages.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riffelages.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riffelages.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/riffelages.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/riffelages.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/a>
Janet joined me for a couple of legs of the trip.\u00a0 Here we are heading out into Georgia Strait, with Janet catching up on her email and \u2018Betty\u2019 driving while I take pics.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/a><\/a>
Scenes from Hornby Island \u2013 Tribune Bay and Heliwell Park<\/p>\n<\/a><\/a>
Janet wanted to eat this urchin, but summer is not their season!<\/p>\n<\/a>
Speedboat blasting through the rapids in Seymour Narrows.<\/p>\n<\/a>
Plan B blasting through Seymour Narrows a few days later.<\/p>\n<\/a>
Plan B on a misty morning in Small Inlet, Quadra Island<\/p>\n<\/a>
Enjoying a swim later that day in Newton Lake<\/p>\n<\/a>
The Pacific Yellowfin at Shoal Bay.\u00a0 Looking north up Phillips Arm.<\/p>\n<\/a>
Paddling up the Phillips River.<\/p>\n<\/a>
The Phillips River estuary.<\/p>\n<\/a>
Shark Spit near Cortes Island<\/p>\n<\/a>
Some people need to have it all!<\/p>\n<\/a>
A group of sea lions having a snooze in Gillard Pass.<\/p>\n<\/a>
Waiting patiently at Althorp Point for the gale warnings to end in Johnstone Strait.<\/p>\n<\/a>
Sunrise in Johnstone Strait the next morning.<\/p>\n<\/a>
Careful navigation required in Beware Passage! (Broughton Archipelago)<\/p>\n<\/a>
The abandoned native village of Karlukwees.<\/p>\n<\/a>
The beach at Karlukwees \u2013 composed of shells, broken glass, and bits of metal.<\/p>\n<\/a>
Meeting a black bear on the beach at Karlukwees.<\/p>\n<\/a>
Foggy scene the next morning \u2013 precursor to a sunny day.<\/p>\n<\/a>
View from one of my favourite anchorages.<\/p>\n<\/a>
The same scene the next morning.<\/p>\n<\/a>
Heading out into Blackfish Sound on a stormy day.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/a>
Close encounter with a humpback whale in Blackfish Sound.<\/p>\n<\/a>
Village of Sointula \u2013 Place of Harmony<\/p>\n<\/a>
Plan B in Sointula harbour.<\/p>\n<\/a>
Erin and Sheila joined me for a few days.\u00a0 Here we are admiring a mural in Sointula.<\/p>\n<\/a>
This is their first visit to Alert Bay!<\/p>\n<\/a>
U\u2019mista Cultural Centre in Alert Bay.\u00a0 A must see!<\/p>\n<\/a>
Alert Bay graveyard with grave markers from two cultures.<\/p>\n<\/a>
Heading out in the fog to look for whales!<\/p>\n<\/a>
We are rewarded a few hours later with a pod of orcas appearing out of the fog in Blackfish Sound.<\/p>\n<\/a>
The fog burned off mid-day but patches remained here and there among the islands.<\/p>\n<\/a>
The flotilla of kayaks that gets us to shore.<\/p>\n<\/a>
The last remains of the native village of Mamalilaculla.<\/p>\n<\/a>
Another lovely anchorage at sunset. (Seabreeze Cove, Gilford Island)<\/p>\n<\/a>
Erin and Sheila concentrating while navigating through the Archipelago.<\/p>\n<\/a>
Billy Proctor at the door to his museum in Echo Bay.<\/p>\n<\/a>
A portion of Billy\u2019s collection of salmon lures in his museum.<\/p>\n<\/a>
Erin paddling Sheila around in \u2018the mattress\u2019.<\/p>\n<\/a>
Dolphins cavorting around the boat in Kingcome Inlet.<\/p>\n<\/a>
Pictograph at the head of Kingcome Inlet.<\/p>\n<\/a>
Erin preparing to dispatch a crab for dinner.<\/p>\n<\/a>
Belleisle Sound.<\/p>\n<\/a>
Belleisle Sound.<\/p>\n<\/a>
Sea lion colony at the entrance to Fife Sound.<\/p>\n<\/a>
A mess of crabs came up in the crabtrap one morning!<\/p>\n<\/a>
We kept a potful for a crab feast.<\/p>\n<\/a>
The seiner Queens Reach repairing their net next to Plan B in Sointula harbour.<\/p>\n