Manning Park

Hiking Manning Park, British Columbia, in October 2015 

A New Day, it doesn't get much better. 

The Cascades waking up

There was a cool breeze, as I was waiting for the sun to rise

This little guy must have wanted a handout, as he buzzed me a few times.  I think it would be too late in the year to be protecting a nest. 

While hiking alone, I noticed a sign which a bear thought was tasty...

Shadow Falls

Old Mans Beard guiding the way... I don't mean mine!

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Day 7 August 14th 2015

Headed towards St Johns resort, anchored in the bay in front of the resort. 

I believe we caught 5 salmon and some bottom fish this day, no Halibut, unfortunately no Halibut all trip. 

Here is Shawn carefully watching his line, looking for that big spring.    

A rock outcrop which we anchored behind for the night.  The fishing grounds are 7 minutes away in the morning, doesn't get any better then that.  

The sunset colours were crazy, 

I thought it was just the scotch, but....

I knew it was magical

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Day 5 August 12th 2015

I'm sorry, I cannot remember where we woke up this morning, but the sunrise makes the bad memory all okay. 

Good Morning to all.

Which one do I like best...hmmmm

Even the birds were enjoying the calm weather and sunshine.

In the afternoon we dropped Brian off @ Bella Bella and took a 2 hour cruise to my favorite crabbing area.  It became late faster than we had planned, so we anchored in  Burke Channel, okay we had also caught a couple of crabs so we wanted to wait and give them a good overnight soak. 

Just some evening shots, but the sky kept changing...

The water was a bit choppy, which gave us a wee bit of concern as we were not in a sheltered area, but by morning it was calm as calm can be.

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Day 2 Part 5 August 9th 

It was a long travel day

Bull Harbour @ Hope Island

We had neighbors tonight 

A tough place to  anchour for the night.  

The sky kept changing all night

From blue to yellow/orange to red

We were trying to convince Evan try his cast net, but he just looked concerned that it was a Very bad idea... It will be okay honest, we even put the dingy down, what could possibly go wrong?!?!

He gave it the old college try, but all he got was wet and a couple of jellyfish...

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Day 2 - Part 4 August 9th. 

Just north of Hope Island, where we anchored for the evening in Bull Harbour.

This Humpback only jumped once while I was on the bow.

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I was able to get 3 quick shots off, last one was just a splash

Next stop... Japan

After we tried a little halibut fishing, we were heading to Bull Harbour when we notice some commotion in the water, upon further inspection we found Pod of Sea lions.  

None of us had seen anything like it, they were playing, diving, and jumping in the air, they were entertaining us. These guys were swimming right up to me while I was on the bow, but I waited just a bit too long and they dove under the boat. 

They waited until I was putting the camera away, then they would do somersaults in the air. 

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Day 2 August 9th 2015

We woke up in beautiful calm Blind Channel Resort, if you have a chance to stop by this amazing spot, don't hesitate. They have a moorage with power and fresh water, a general store with a government liquor outlet, a top end restaurant, showers and a washer and dryer!  They even found a place to tie us up, even though they were completely reserved when we initially called. 

Evan trying his luck at cast netting...

Peaceful morning after a huge downpour the evening before

Fog still around and more narrows to travel through

A great mode of transport, when it is not foggy

Leaving Blind Channel behind

Folks anchoring near Hardwick Island

Islands near Port Neville

Near West Cracoft Island

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Heading into Seymour Narrows 

How do you like the Guest House? 

Just around Comox we started to have a bit of Starboard engine issue, we limped into Campbell River and changed out the Fuel Filter, the Netta Jean is back on track!

The Fog picked up going through Seymour Narrows, this is a channel notorious for wicked tides and currents.

Seymour Narrows is a 5 km (3.1 mi) section of the Discovery Passage in British Columbia known for strong tidal currents.[1] Discovery Passage lies between Vancouver Island at Menzies Bay, British Columbia and Quadra Island except at its northern end where the eastern shoreline is Sonora Island. The section known as Seymour Narrows begins about 18 km (11 mi) from the south end of Discovery Passage where it enters the Georgia Strait near Campbell River. For most of the length of the narrows, the channel is about 750 m wide. Through this narrow channel, currents can reach 15 kn.

Seymour Narrows was described by Captain George Vancouver as "one of the vilest stretches of water in the world."[2] Even after Ripple Rock was removed, it remains a challenging route. In March 1981, the Star Philippine, a freighter, ran aground in the narrows.

We were all happy for Sonar and Radar as the fog blanketed us in pretty good for a while... no photos, couldn't see...:o)

Out of the fog comes a few cabins, very cool to see.

A sailboat that was not quite as lucky, as seen here being towed to Campbell River for repairs

Robbie and Brian, happy we made it through the fog and the narrows...Little did they know, there were more to come.

We moored in Blind Channel our first night, it was now 7:35 pm which made for a long, but enjoyable first day.

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French Creek on the East Coast of Vancouver Island 

Brian has now joined our group of bandits. 

We were probably tied up illegally, (in the Ferry spot)  but nobody got too nasty with us. The weather was a wee bit wet, but holding.

 

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Day One

Granville Island @ 5:37 am August 8th 2015

Getting ready to head up the British Columbia Coast to Shearwater BC., on the Netta Jean.  Three of us are starting out, Evan the Skipper, Robbie the pirate, and myself Sandy.   Our first stop of the trip will be French Creek, to pick up our 4th Skallywag, Red Beard or Brian. 

Just as we are leaving Vancouver we pass this Row boat which turns out to be  

Row The Pacific 2016 click on the link to check out what they are trying to accomplish

The Sun coming up over Vancouver - it is just 6:34 AM so we made it out on schedule

A very nice way to start our trip

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