Monday, August 28, 2017
Squarenotch Cove, Hanson Island
Sunset
I arrived at Telegraph Cove campsite yesterday evening. Helen and Josh came out to meet me there after supper, and we walked to the beach, looking out at the water and islands where we would spend our next few days.
Today we saw:
- seals
- sea lions lying in the water, waving their fins
- eagles
- a pod of doll porpoises that swam around us
- humpback whales, their dorsal and tail fins breaching the water
Today we saw:
- seals
- sea lions lying in the water, waving their fins
- eagles
- a pod of doll porpoises that swam around us
- humpback whales, their dorsal and tail fins breaching the water
We left Telegraph Cove this morning. Fog blanketed the water most of the day, even though we could often see blue sky. Through it, we could hear other sea lions and humpbacks in the distance. The sound of the humpbacks blowing is low and distinctive.
There are six of us on this trip. Julian, newly graduated from the Thompson Rivers University Adventure Studies program and in his mid-twenties, is our guide. Helen and I are here with her 14-year old son, Josh. Megan Klammer, a nurse who’s just moved to Victoria from Nelson, has also brought her 14-year old son, Lachlan.
It’s dusk now. There’s an orange band of sky behind the blue mountains across the water. Two humpbacks are crossing. I can hear them breach and blow, then see the two spouts of water rise in unison, the painted sunset colours behind them; and then again, as they continue their voyage, passing a point of land, disappearing behind it.
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