Harthside

Looks like a reasonable day for a sail, Mum thought the boat at the back was the better choice, thinking of me taking snaps of course. The fact that having to wear full body suits and life jackets if you chose the adrenalin rush wave banger in the foreground was a secondary consideration of course!



Well here is Mum on her (60th) birthday treat - thanks to Ben, Kate & Kt.....
so far so (choppy) good!



Now this snap is no 'fluke', its wet, cold windy and pretty dark, but that is a grey whale, about to start its dive to about 90 feet to dredge the sandy sea bed for morsels.




And there she blows again!!!




We did see a few more grey whales (in the distance) but then moved closer to some rocks (not too close please) to see some sea lions. There's a big chap just to the right of centre...


Appears the route back to Tofino was through the rocks, a bit of a swell, a bit choppy...
Poor Mum retired aft to contribute her breakfast to the ocean!! What a treat!!










Now it did get a bit rough through these rocks, difficult to get the feel from a snap, but taking this I was standing up and hanging on for 'grim death'......










Back to Tofino and the calm of the harbour..... a sigh of relief after a great adventure....





There was a hint of summer from the flowers in the background...