Trip 3

No computer time in break 2 equaled no blog post... but here I am in Port Hardy with not a whole lot to do on a holiday Monday so here are trips 2 +3.

Trip 3 started much the same as 1 and 2 as we left Victoria heading for Haro Strait and Georgia Strait.  But things changed up a bit when I got up at 5am and rather than continuing up the strait Sam took a right and headed up Jervis Inlet.  Sunshine Coast here we come.  We sailed leisurely up the strait and then literally sailed in circles while we waited for the tide at Malibu Rapids.  Once we made the rapids we entered one of the most gorgeous places I have seen on the coast.  Princess Louisa Inlet.

Just inside the inlet. Becs, Michelle and Sam dressed in MorphSuits for a kidnapping raid on the wilderness basecamp of Beyond Malibu.  My roommate Tina is the head guide coordinator there for the summer and we had promised to come sometime this summer and see her

They surprised her at camp and then she came out for dinner on the boat that night.

The inlet is amazing rock cliffs with waterfalls everywhere.  Tiny trickles, huge freefalls and the king at the far end.  Chatterbox falls.

A memorial to all those who have lost their lives in the park.

The falls are too huge to directly swim in but we froze in the runoff

Headingbackout of Jervis.  We ran until about midnight day three and then woke up early to start the run up to Savary.  We woke all the kids at 630 which they might have not been fans of But I was super stoked to have lots of compnay that early in the morning and raised all sail and had a sweet sail the way up.

Menu Planning- we rafted with the Grace at Teakerne and then headed further north

Orcas in Johnstone Strait- day 6

Docked at Alert Bay

Green House, nice porch, cozy chairs, no stairs

There is a native burial ground with many totems

Sunset Tracy Harbour- day 7

This fabulous guy

And my wonderful friend Bec GOT ENGAGED!!!!

Heading further north as we leave the protection of the island the feel became much more westcoasty... rugged shore and fog banks!!

Davis and Sam gutting some salmon

A humpback gave us a real show!!

Before waving goodbye and swimming away

we headed into a gorgeous rugged inlet and had our Sunday Service at anchorage

Day Nine we ran up to Burnett Bay ... This is a look at the entrance where we anchored after the fog lifted.  When we anchored and started zodiacing kids ashore you could not see any land even tho it was less than 200 meters away!!..

Some Bec/Tristan Pics

Lots of Sunshine Sailing