Woke to light rain. Helped put of a rain fly over the kitchen in case the rain gets worse. As we were waiting for breakfast and starting to pack we could hear a humpback whale blowing in the distance. Once we heard it everybody came down to look. We could see the spouts of mi
st from the whale but not any more than that. A couple blows later we saw the tail flip as it was going for a deep dive. One of the guides said we may not hear from it again for another 20 minutes.
Once we were packed up we took of towards the Browning Wall. This area was viewed by Jacques C
ousteau and is known for its great diving. The wall goes down 700’ before it hits the bottom of the channel. We are here at low tide, a great time to view all the sea life on the wall. We saw hundreds of starfish and sea anemones of all different types.
From there we went back across the Goletas channel to follow along the Vancouver island coast. Just as we were getting ready to cross the channel a pod of transient orcas were passing throu
gh the channel. There must have been 3 – 4 orcas in the pod. We paddled up the island a bit and stopped for lunch on a small beach next to a small waterfall.
We continued on to our campsite on Vancouver island. Now we have to be alert for black bears because VI is large enough to support bears. All the other islands we had been staying on u
p to this point were too small to support large animals such as bears. When we got to our campsite there was a kayaker already set up. He was more than happy to have company because he had to scare a couple black bears off the beach before he could set up camp. I’m sure we made more than enough noise to keep t
he bears away.
This was the first time we actually camped on the beach. One had to make certain to move all the round stones from under one’s tent/sleeping bag. Fortunately most of the stones were flat so I did have a comfortable night’s sleep.
The trip up to this point has been great, tomorrow we are heading back to the real world?!?!
Thank you for stopping by.
Mark
st from the whale but not any more than that. A couple blows later we saw the tail flip as it was going for a deep dive. One of the guides said we may not hear from it again for another 20 minutes.Once we were packed up we took of towards the Browning Wall. This area was viewed by Jacques C
ousteau and is known for its great diving. The wall goes down 700’ before it hits the bottom of the channel. We are here at low tide, a great time to view all the sea life on the wall. We saw hundreds of starfish and sea anemones of all different types.
From there we went back across the Goletas channel to follow along the Vancouver island coast. Just as we were getting ready to cross the channel a pod of transient orcas were passing throu
gh the channel. There must have been 3 – 4 orcas in the pod. We paddled up the island a bit and stopped for lunch on a small beach next to a small waterfall.
We continued on to our campsite on Vancouver island. Now we have to be alert for black bears because VI is large enough to support bears. All the other islands we had been staying on u
p to this point were too small to support large animals such as bears. When we got to our campsite there was a kayaker already set up. He was more than happy to have company because he had to scare a couple black bears off the beach before he could set up camp. I’m sure we made more than enough noise to keep t
he bears away.This was the first time we actually camped on the beach. One had to make certain to move all the round stones from under one’s tent/sleeping bag. Fortunately most of the stones were flat so I did have a comfortable night’s sleep.
The trip up to this point has been great, tomorrow we are heading back to the real world?!?!
Thank you for stopping by.
Mark
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