{"id":2797,"date":"2021-07-23T14:59:16","date_gmt":"2021-07-23T21:59:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/localwordpress\/?p=2797"},"modified":"2024-03-14T16:58:07","modified_gmt":"2024-03-14T23:58:07","slug":"summer-2021-cruise-part-1","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/riffelages.ca\/?page_id=2797","title":{"rendered":"2021 Vancouver Island &#8211; Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">This summer we embarked on our cruise without a particular destination or itinerary in mind.  We just set out and felt we would figure it out along the way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Here is a collection of photos of the trip to date &#8211; from Vancouver to Port Hardy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But first, below is a Google map of our route. If you click on the \u201cview larger map\u201d icon at the top right, the map will open in a new window and you can zoom in for more detail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/embed?mid=1fzDSd0Z1MQIMO9fM1VoE4SutZIEkoRAO\" width=\"1280\" height=\"640\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-06-22-1015-05-HR_DxO.jpg\" alt=\"\n\n\" class=\"wp-image-2800\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Leaving Milltown Marina, we are chased down the North Arm by the River Rebel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-06-22-1238-11-HR_DxO.jpg\" alt=\"text\n\" class=\"wp-image-2801\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Views up Howe Sound on our way over to the Sunshine Coast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-06-23-1153-224-HR_DxO.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2802\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Low tide at Halfmoon Bay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery alignwide columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-06-23-1308-238-HR_DxO-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2804\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-06-23-1308-238-HR_DxO-1.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/riffelages.ca\/?attachment_id=2804\" class=\"wp-image-2804\"\/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-06-23-1545-242-HR_DxO-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2806\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-06-23-1545-242-HR_DxO-1.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/riffelages.ca\/?attachment_id=2806\" class=\"wp-image-2806\"\/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">We visit Barb in Halfmoon Bay and tour her verdant garden.  Barb generously provides us with a profusion of fresh, organic greens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-06-24-1159-21-HR_DxO.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2807\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">On our way up Jervis inlet, we stop to admire ancient Native  pictographs on the vertical shores.  These are just around the corner from the ferry terminal at Earls Cove.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery alignwide columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-06-24-1236-244-HR_DxO_1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2809\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-06-24-1236-244-HR_DxO_1-1.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/riffelages.ca\/?attachment_id=2809\" class=\"wp-image-2809\"\/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-06-24-1833-250-HR_DxO-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2811\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-06-24-1833-250-HR_DxO-1.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/riffelages.ca\/?attachment_id=2811\" class=\"wp-image-2811\"\/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Another stop along Jervis inlet.  We anchored just a few feet off the shore at Vancouver Bay.  Here we dug for clams, which yielded an excellent clam dinner that evening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-06-24-1544-53-HR_DxO.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2813\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Helicopter logging in Jervis inlet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-06-24-1932-76-HR_DxO.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2814\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">View back through Malibu rapids as we enter Princess Louisa inlet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-06-24-1934-78-HR_DxO.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2815\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">High tide reaches the trees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-06-25-0935-270-HR_DxO.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2816\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Anchored in Princess Louisa inlet, we go ashore for a walk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery alignwide columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-06-25-0941-275-HR_DxO.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2817\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-06-25-0941-275-HR_DxO.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/riffelages.ca\/?attachment_id=2817\" class=\"wp-image-2817\"\/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-06-25-1007-287-HR_DxO.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2818\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-06-25-1007-287-HR_DxO.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/riffelages.ca\/?attachment_id=2818\" class=\"wp-image-2818\"\/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">The moss embraces everything in the forest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-06-25-1318-291-HR_DxO.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2819\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">At the dock at the end of Princess Louisa inlet, surrounded by waterfalls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-06-25-1908-298-HR_DxO.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2821\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Chatterbox Falls in Princess Louisa inlet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-06-26-0809-96-HR_DxO.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2831\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">A mountain peeks out on our way back down Jervis inlet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-06-26-1152-100-HR_DxO.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2832\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Another pictograph in Jervis inlet, depicting a canoe and some very big fish.  This one is about half way along the inlet on the west shore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-06-27-1847-340-HR_DxO.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2833\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">We were in the middle of this summer&#8217;s June heat wave.  It was hot, and completely calm.  We took advantage of the calm to anchor off Savary island and go for a swim!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-06-27-1925-345-HR_DxO.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2834\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Paddling along the Savary shore, we came across this piece of machinery on the beach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery alignwide columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-4 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-06-28-1046-378-HR_DxO.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2835\" class=\"wp-image-2835\"\/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-06-28-1009-130-HR_DxO.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2836\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-06-28-1009-130-HR_DxO.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/riffelages.ca\/?attachment_id=2836\" class=\"wp-image-2836\"\/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">From Savary island we cruised out to the middle of Georgia Strait and stopped in at Mitlenatch island.  We launched the kayaks and paddled around the island, seeing lots of wildlife.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-06-28-1008-129-HR_DxO.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2837\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Oystercatchers on the rocks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-06-28-1002-122-HR_DxO.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2838\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Cormorants perched on the cliffs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-06-28-1010-133-HR_DxO.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2839\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Curious seals came by to check us out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-06-28-1018-190-HR_DxO.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2840\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Curious sea lions came to check us out too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-06-28-1018-196-HR_DxO.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2841\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">This group of sea lions was excited to meet up with Jan!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-06-30-0520-61-HR_DxO.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2842\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Leaving Georgia Strait, we headed north into the islands.  This is early morning in the Octopus Islands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-07-01-0818-76-HR_DxO.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2822\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">At Stuart Island, eagles are fishing in the tidal rapids.  They are fishing for hake &#8211; small white fish which get boiled up to the surface in the rapids.  Hundreds of eagles would show up every time the rapids ran hard.  In addition to the eagles in the air, there are dozens sitting in the trees, waiting their turn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-07-02-1124-103-HR_DxO.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2844\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">An eagle picks up a meal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-07-01-1203-74-HR_DxO.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2824\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">From Stuart Island, we ventured up Bute inlet.  The waters are glacial turquoise, but become murky and grey toward the head of the inlet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery alignwide columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-5 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-07-02-0658-82-HR_DxO.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2826\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-07-02-0658-82-HR_DxO.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/riffelages.ca\/?attachment_id=2826\" class=\"wp-image-2826\"\/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-07-02-0743-91-HR_DxO.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2827\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-07-02-0743-91-HR_DxO.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/riffelages.ca\/?attachment_id=2827\" class=\"wp-image-2827\"\/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-07-02-0810-95-HR_DxO.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2828\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-07-02-0810-95-HR_DxO.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/riffelages.ca\/?attachment_id=2828\" class=\"wp-image-2828\"\/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Further up the inlet, we encountered a lot of debris.  This was right after the heat wave we had in June and all the rivers were high.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-07-01-1342-74-HR_DxO.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2825\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">A glimpse of a small part of the Homathko ice field at the head of Bute inlet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-07-01-2026-80-HR_DxO.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2829\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">We anchored off the mouth of the Southgate river at the head of the inlet.  The Southgate had experienced a large landslide during the winter, and was now sending down a steady stream of trees.  Every few minutes another whole tree would come drifting by.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery alignwide columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-6 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-07-01-2107-17-HR_DxO.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2846\" class=\"wp-image-2846\"\/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-07-01-2104-11-HR_DxO.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2848\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-07-01-2104-11-HR_DxO.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/riffelages.ca\/?attachment_id=2848\" class=\"wp-image-2848\"\/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Drift logs were all around us, and I tried to push off the ones bumping into the hull or rubbing up against the anchor chain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-07-02-1055-83-HR_DxO.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2849\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">We had a rather rough night up at the head of Bute inlet.  We wanted to explore the Homathko river but all the rivers were running high and it was too hazardous.  So the next morning we got up early and cruised back down the inlet before the afternoon wind came up.  Here we are bucking the current and dodging a drift tree in the Arran rapids on our way back to Stuart island.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-07-03-1109-18-HR_DxO.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2850\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Eagle in the grass at Eagle lake on Stuart island.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-07-04-1205-16-HR_DxO.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2851\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Back out in Georgia Strait, we stopped at the south end of Quadra island to look for petroglyphs.  Apparently there are quite a number of petroglyphs carved on beach boulders.  There are many boulders, however, and finding any carvings was a real challenge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-07-04-1233-19-HR_DxO.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2852\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">After some searching, Jan managed to find a petroglyph.  It was very faint, however.  Almost impossible to see, Jan outlined the carving with chalk, tracing the figure by feel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-07-04-1324-37-HR_DxO.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2853\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">The Cape Mudge lighthouse on Quadra island.  We are on our way in to Campbell River for groceries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery aligncenter columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-7 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-07-05-1049-26-HR_DxO.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2854\" class=\"wp-image-2854\"\/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">At Campbell River, we launched the bikes for shopping excursions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-07-06-2100-22-HR_DxO.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2857\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Jan gets a pedicure!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery alignwide columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-8 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-07-05-1941-27-HR_DxO.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2855\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-07-05-1941-27-HR_DxO.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/riffelages.ca\/?attachment_id=2855\" class=\"wp-image-2855\"\/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-07-06-0649-40-HR_DxO.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2856\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-07-06-0649-40-HR_DxO.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/riffelages.ca\/?attachment_id=2856\" class=\"wp-image-2856\"\/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Marina scenes:  Wildlife on the right.  And on the left, the kind of boat for someone who doesn&#8217;t want to get too close to the water!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-07-06-1550-31-HR_DxO-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2859\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Beauty in the water, paddling around Gowlland island, across from Campbell River.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-07-06-1609-49-HR_DxO.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2860\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Beauty in the sky.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-07-07-1253-53-HR_DxO.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2861\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Leaving Campbell River, we cruised up through Seymour Narrows and anchored in Small Inlet at the north end of Quadra Island.  Here we walked across to Waiatt Bay on this trail.  We were in search of clams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-07-07-1306-56-HR_DxO.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2862\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">It took a bit of digging, but we ended up with a bucket of clams for dinner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-07-08-1238-02-HR_DxO.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2863\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Jan dispatching crabs from Small Inlet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery alignwide columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-9 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-07-08-1527-04-HR_DxO.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2864\" class=\"wp-image-2864\"\/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2021-07-08-1709-23-HR.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"3085\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2021-07-08-1709-23-HR.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/riffelages.ca\/?attachment_id=3085\" class=\"wp-image-3085\" srcset=\"https:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2021-07-08-1709-23-HR.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2021-07-08-1709-23-HR-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2021-07-08-1709-23-HR-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2021-07-08-1709-23-HR-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Leaving Johnstone Strait, we cruised inland to the head of Frederick Arm in order to try to get into Estero Basin.  The entry to the basin is a reversing tidal stream, and was blocked by fallen trees.  We portaged the kayaks around the trees and some rapids, then negotiated the log jam at the Basin itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery alignwide columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-10 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2021-07-08-1540-05-HR_DxO.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"3086\" data-link=\"https:\/\/riffelages.ca\/?attachment_id=3086\" class=\"wp-image-3086\" srcset=\"https:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2021-07-08-1540-05-HR_DxO.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2021-07-08-1540-05-HR_DxO-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2021-07-08-1540-05-HR_DxO-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2021-07-08-1540-05-HR_DxO-1536x2048.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2021-07-08-1620-11-HR_DxO.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"3087\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2021-07-08-1620-11-HR_DxO.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/riffelages.ca\/?attachment_id=3087\" class=\"wp-image-3087\" srcset=\"https:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2021-07-08-1620-11-HR_DxO.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2021-07-08-1620-11-HR_DxO-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2021-07-08-1620-11-HR_DxO-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2021-07-08-1620-11-HR_DxO-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Inside Estero Basin, we had a nice paddle and a lovely swim in the warm, mostly fresh water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery alignwide columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-11 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-07-09-1700-29-HR_DxO.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2870\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-07-09-1700-29-HR_DxO.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/riffelages.ca\/?attachment_id=2870\" class=\"wp-image-2870\"\/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">At Greene Point Rapids, we stopped to admire the pictograph of the sad Native chief throwing his &#8216;copper&#8217; into the sea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1919\" src=\"https:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2021-07-09-0450-08-HR_DxO.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3088\" srcset=\"https:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2021-07-09-0450-08-HR_DxO.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2021-07-09-0450-08-HR_DxO-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2021-07-09-0450-08-HR_DxO-1536x1151.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2021-07-09-0450-08-HR_DxO-2048x1535.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Fishing from the dinghy at slack tide in the rapids.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1919\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2021-07-10-1223-35-HR_DxO.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3089\" srcset=\"https:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2021-07-10-1223-35-HR_DxO.jpg 1919w, https:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2021-07-10-1223-35-HR_DxO-768x1025.jpg 768w, https:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2021-07-10-1223-35-HR_DxO-1151x1536.jpg 1151w, https:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2021-07-10-1223-35-HR_DxO-1535x2048.jpg 1535w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1919px) 100vw, 1919px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">At Forward Harbour, Jan gets ready to make rubbings from the petroglyphs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2021-07-10-1446-28-HR_DxO.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3090\" srcset=\"https:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2021-07-10-1446-28-HR_DxO.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2021-07-10-1446-28-HR_DxO-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2021-07-10-1446-28-HR_DxO-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2021-07-10-1446-28-HR_DxO-1536x2048.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">At anchor on a sunny afternoon, I take the opportunity to smooth out the outboard propeller which got nicked up in our attempts to go up various rivers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1922\" src=\"https:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2021-07-11-0813-08-HR_DxO.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3091\" srcset=\"https:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2021-07-11-0813-08-HR_DxO.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2021-07-11-0813-08-HR_DxO-768x577.jpg 768w, https:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2021-07-11-0813-08-HR_DxO-1536x1153.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2021-07-11-0813-08-HR_DxO-2048x1538.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Pictograph of a Copper in Sunderland channel, close to Johnstone Strait.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-07-11-1005-09-HR_DxO.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2876\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">A deer swimming across the channel in Port Neville.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery alignwide columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-12 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-07-11-1200-49-HR_DxO-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2878\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-07-11-1200-49-HR_DxO-1.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/riffelages.ca\/?attachment_id=2878\" class=\"wp-image-2878\"\/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-07-11-1215-53-HR_DxO.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2879\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-07-11-1215-53-HR_DxO.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/riffelages.ca\/?attachment_id=2879\" class=\"wp-image-2879\"\/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Re-visiting the petroglyphs at the narrows in Port Neville, Jan makes some rubbings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-07-11-1241-70-HR_DxO.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2880\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Jan finds a field of sea asparagus to harvest near the petroglyphs in Port Neville.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery alignwide columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-13 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2021-07-11-1227-58-HR_DxO.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"3092\" data-link=\"https:\/\/riffelages.ca\/?attachment_id=3092\" class=\"wp-image-3092\" srcset=\"https:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2021-07-11-1227-58-HR_DxO.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2021-07-11-1227-58-HR_DxO-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2021-07-11-1227-58-HR_DxO-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2021-07-11-1227-58-HR_DxO-1536x2048.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2021-07-11-1241-68-HR_DxO.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"3093\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2021-07-11-1241-68-HR_DxO.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/riffelages.ca\/?attachment_id=3093\" class=\"wp-image-3093\" srcset=\"https:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2021-07-11-1241-68-HR_DxO.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2021-07-11-1241-68-HR_DxO-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2021-07-11-1241-68-HR_DxO-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2021-07-11-1241-68-HR_DxO-1536x2048.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Meanwhile, I wander the shore taking photos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2021-07-12-0753-75-HR_DxO.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3094\" srcset=\"https:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2021-07-12-0753-75-HR_DxO.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2021-07-12-0753-75-HR_DxO-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2021-07-12-0753-75-HR_DxO-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2021-07-12-0753-75-HR_DxO-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Heading up Johnstone Strait, we encounter for the first time the marine cloud that tells us we are nearing the outer coast.  No more t-shirts for us &#8211; it&#8217;s time to break out the sweaters!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-07-12-0924-14-HR_DxO.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2886\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">In Port Harvey, just off Johnstone Strait, we came across this barge construction facility.  It&#8217;s unusual to find this kind of manufacturing somewhere with no road or power access.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery alignwide columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-14 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-07-13-0957-80-HR_DxO.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2887\" class=\"wp-image-2887\"\/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-07-12-1718-79-HR_DxO.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2888\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-07-12-1718-79-HR_DxO.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/riffelages.ca\/?attachment_id=2888\" class=\"wp-image-2888\"\/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">A little ways off Johnstone Strait, along the first access route to the Broughton Archipelago, is the marina at Lagoon Cove.  There are a number of these little marinas in the Broughtons, serving the visiting cruisers.  One of the features is the 5 o&#8217;clock Happy Hour, an appetizer potluck affair where we get to meet other cruisers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery alignwide columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-15 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-07-13-1430-30-HR_DxO-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2890\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-07-13-1430-30-HR_DxO-1.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/riffelages.ca\/?attachment_id=2890\" class=\"wp-image-2890\"\/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-07-13-1516-81-HR_DxO-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2892\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-07-13-1516-81-HR_DxO-1.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/riffelages.ca\/?attachment_id=2892\" class=\"wp-image-2892\"\/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">In Blackfish Sound I caught an 8.5 lb ling cod.  We were pretty happy to catch the fish, and Jan was happy to have her new fish cleaning table.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-07-14-1256-01-HR_DxO.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2896\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">One of my favourite anchorages in the Broughtons is the bay behind tiny Goat island, on the left on the chart.  From there we paddled over to the abandoned Native village of Mamalilaculla.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-07-14-1449-03-HR_DxO.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2898\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">When we got to the beach at Mamalilaculla, we met up with a group of paddlers in a huge canoe.  They were doing excursions around the area from a base camp nearby.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery alignwide columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-16 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-07-14-1510-06-HR_DxO.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2899\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-07-14-1510-06-HR_DxO.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/riffelages.ca\/?attachment_id=2899\" class=\"wp-image-2899\"\/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-07-14-1530-09-HR_DxO.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2900\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-07-14-1530-09-HR_DxO.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/riffelages.ca\/?attachment_id=2900\" class=\"wp-image-2900\"\/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">The last remaining House entrance poles at Mamalillacula, on the left.  And on the right is their brand new dock with the actual Native name for the village.  Plus signs indicating that visits need prior arrangement with an entry fee of $20 per person.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-07-15-1144-11-HR_DxO.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2901\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">First loaf of bread comes out of the oven.  I am still working on this overnight method.  The bread was tasty but a bit dense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1440\" src=\"https:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2021-07-15-1254-18-HR_DxO.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3095\" srcset=\"https:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2021-07-15-1254-18-HR_DxO.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2021-07-15-1254-18-HR_DxO-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2021-07-15-1254-18-HR_DxO-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2021-07-15-1254-18-HR_DxO-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">In Blackfish sound we saw a number of humpback whales.  No Orcas yet, as the salmon are only just starting to show up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery alignwide columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-17 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-07-15-1445-12-HR_DxO-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2908\" data-link=\"http:\/\/riffelages.ca\/?attachment_id=2908\" class=\"wp-image-2908\"\/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1919\" src=\"https:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2021-07-15-2050-13-HR_DxO.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"3096\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2021-07-15-2050-13-HR_DxO.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/riffelages.ca\/?attachment_id=3096\" class=\"wp-image-3096\" srcset=\"https:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2021-07-15-2050-13-HR_DxO.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2021-07-15-2050-13-HR_DxO-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2021-07-15-2050-13-HR_DxO-1536x1151.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2021-07-15-2050-13-HR_DxO-2048x1535.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Another one of my favourite anchorages is Dusky Cove on Bonwick island.  It&#8217;s only good if the wind is calm, or from the east.  We took advantage of calm weather to enjoy this scenic spot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-07-16-1036-29-HR_DxO.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2909\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">A group of Dalls porpoises came by to play around the boat.  It&#8217;s fun to watch them zipping around under water, but they are impossible to photograph &#8211; usually all I get is the splash!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery alignwide columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-18 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-07-16-1234-32-HR_DxO.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2911\" class=\"wp-image-2911\"\/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-07-17-0924-42-HR_DxO.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2913\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-07-17-0924-42-HR_DxO.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/riffelages.ca\/?attachment_id=2913\" class=\"wp-image-2913\"\/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-07-17-1114-45-HR_DxO.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2914\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-07-17-1114-45-HR_DxO.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/riffelages.ca\/?attachment_id=2914\" class=\"wp-image-2914\"\/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">We stopped at Port McNeill for groceries and a few other things.  Jan is calling the Harbour office for the code to get into the shower.  And the bread &#8211; well there are some things you can get out here that are hard to find in the city.  In Port McNeill they called this loaf &#8216;Homestyle Marble Rye&#8217;.  When we were in Alaska the same thing was simply known as &#8216;Pumpernickel&#8217;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-07-17-1421-47-HR_DxO.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2915\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Raven Song tied up in front of downtown Alert Bay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery alignwide columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-19 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-07-17-1644-89-HR_DxO.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2918\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-07-17-1644-89-HR_DxO.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/riffelages.ca\/?attachment_id=2918\" class=\"wp-image-2918\"\/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-07-17-1604-71-HR_DxO.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2916\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-07-17-1604-71-HR_DxO.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/riffelages.ca\/?attachment_id=2916\" class=\"wp-image-2916\"\/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-07-17-1628-87-HR_DxO.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2917\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-07-17-1628-87-HR_DxO.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/riffelages.ca\/?attachment_id=2917\" class=\"wp-image-2917\"\/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">A visit to the U&#8217;mista Cultural Centre &#8211; an excellent museum of Native Artifacts.  Jan is wearing a cedar bark hat, and I am trying on a new face.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-07-17-1615-77-HR_DxO.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2919\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">A collection of masks in the museum, and a Copper.  Coppers were traditionally a symbol of tribal wealth, and are depicted in many pictographs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-07-17-1624-84-HR_DxO.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2920\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">A photograph from 1900 showing Gwayasdams village on Gilford Island in the Broughton Archipelago.  There is currently a thriving village at this location, also known as Health Bay. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-07-17-1620-78-HR_DxO.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2921\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">In the museum is the front door of the former Residential School in Alert Bay.  The painting of the ghost child was done by an unknown artist after the school was closed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-07-17-1547-70-HR_DxO.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2922\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">A page from the book &#8216;Keeping it Living&#8217; describing ancient Native gardens that were on an island in the Nimpkish River.  The Nimpkish is right across from Alert Bay so we went over to explore, but of course by now everything is overgrown and we could find no traces of the gardens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-07-17-2051-37-HR_DxO.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2923\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Back out in the islands, we had a lovely sunset view at anchor.  This looks peaceful but we had some excitement during the night involving tidal currents&#8230;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery alignwide columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-20 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-07-18-1000-104-HR_DxO.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2927\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-07-18-1000-104-HR_DxO.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/riffelages.ca\/?attachment_id=2927\" class=\"wp-image-2927\"\/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-07-18-0937-102-HR_DxO.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2925\" class=\"wp-image-2925\"\/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">More excitement the next day.  Jan started in on her Sea Asparagus pickling project.  When Jan is deep into a project like this, its a good omen for fishing.  Sure enough, after a few minutes of trolling off Malcolm island, I interrupted the pickling project by catching a nice big Chinook salmon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-07-18-1201-106-HR_DxO.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2928\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Jan takes a break from pickling to try to figure out what to do with all that fish!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-07-19-0627-56-HR_DxO.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2932\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Rock Totem on North Broughton island.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-07-19-1058-65-HR_DxO.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2933\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Pictograph of a canoe with paddlers, on Sutlej Channel just across from Sullivan Bay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-07-19-1459-119-HR_DxO.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2934\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">We stopped in at Sullivan Bay, looking forward to meeting other cruisers at another social Happy Hour.  Sadly, it was not to be&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-07-19-1503-123-HR_DxO.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2935\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Sullivan Bay, being owned by Americans, caters mostly to Americans.  As the border was still closed, so was Sullivan Bay.  The restaurant was closed, there was no Happy Hour, and the store&#8217;s shelves were pretty bare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-07-19-1825-137-HR_DxO.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2936\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Here we had the first rain on this trip.  We had been away almost a month, with sunshine every day.  Quite a change from the previous summer!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-07-21-0804-146-HR_DxO.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2937\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">The sun came out again the next day as we pass one of the many fish farms in this part of the coast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-07-21-1041-150-HR_DxO.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2938\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">We had a very calm crossing of Queen Charlotte Strait, on our way over to Port Hardy.  So calm that we left the driving to Betty while we worked on other projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-07-21-1543-04-HR_DxO.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2939\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">First stop in Port Hardy was the fuel dock, where we vied for space with the fish farm supply boats and numerous sport fishing boats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery alignwide columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-21 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-07-22-0900-14-HR_DxO.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2940\" class=\"wp-image-2940\"\/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-07-22-1039-17-HR_DxO.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2941\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/riffelages.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-07-22-1039-17-HR_DxO.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/riffelages.ca\/?attachment_id=2941\" class=\"wp-image-2941\"\/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">At the docks in Port Hardy, and out on our bikes fulfilling our shopping lists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">We stopped here for a couple of days getting ready for the next leg.  Our plan now is to go around Vancouver Island, so the next grocery shopping opportunity won&#8217;t be until Tofino, which we expect to take 3 or 4 weeks.  The weather has changed &#8211; it was pouring rain when we arrived here.  We expect more changeable weather and lots of adventures on the next leg!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/riffelages.ca\/?page_id=2963\">Continue to Part 2<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This summer we embarked on our cruise without a particular destination or itinerary in mind. We just set out and felt we would figure it out along the way. Here is a collection of photos of the trip to date &#8211; from Vancouver to Port Hardy. 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