Harthside

Two long days ahead, a 15 hour boat ride today; means we are up at 04:30 - that hurts!

On the boat the 'Northern Explorer' by 06:30, almost watched the dawn come up,
but did spot billy bald eagle amongst the mists!



Along the way we caught distant glimpses of killer whales, grey whales and dolphins!

The voyage took us through all manner of weather, from dark low cloud as seen below...



to sunny periods in almost fjord like conditions....




to beautiful cloud combinations....




to a violent sunset in Queen Charlotte sound - the open Pacific!




Needless to say we saw nothing of Port Hardy - just found a welcome bed in the dark!
We had been up (Mum had a few 'cat-naps' of course) for about 20 hours...
The adventure continues.....