Samstag, Sept 15th, 2007 - Telegraph Cove to Port Hardy

Taking the chance to upload some of our stories. We were out in the wild after Port Hardy. No phone, no internet until Clearwater Lake Lodge but we didn't want to block their terminal as they still have a 56 kb connection! We are currently at Williams Lake, BC Visitor Info Centre. Very nice. Hope I will manage to upload a few images as well.

September 15th, Telegraph Cove to Port Hardy
Or Markus turns 40

Ever since leaving Port Hardy to Bella Coola we are disconnected from civilization, thus no blog. Right now, we have a wonderful lake view from a beautiful chalet at Clearwater Lake Lodge. Yes, a chalet. Took a break from RV’ing. More on that later, back to Sept 15th and Markus 40ieth birthday. We went on a whale watching tour with Stubbs Island from 9-12. Before had to clear our RV from the campsite and leave it in a parking area as check-out was 12.00 hrs and we wouldn’t have made it. Stubbs were the first whale watching company in BC and keep contributing to the protection and study of these large mammals. As you can see, we had a bit of an overcast and it was a little chilly. Nevertheless, we had our eyes pinned to the water, waiting for the moment to come when the whale would blow. And they blew, but the orcas were to far away on a so called „rubbing beach“ in a conservation area. But we were rewarded on our way back as the whales came a little closer to the boat. After three hours (the boat actually should have had to be back at the dock alreay) we had to leave „our“ whales and head back to the dock. After a nice hot shower at the campsite’s washrooms we had a nice hot marzipan chocolate and hit the road again. In Port Hardy, the last town on Northern Vancouver Island, we did some grocery shopping and found a nice little campground, Sunny Sanctuary, with wireless internet access, lots of rabbits roaming free, fire pit and a nice view through some trees into the bird estuary. Very friendly staff who stopped by after a while to see if we found everything we needed and told Markus about recent bear activities right around the RV park. In the end, we didn’t have to share our steaks with a bear. But it feels different if you eat outside knowing that they are around. Gary Larson’s comics came to our minds. We pictured two bears watching us grill our steaks and dining, the comic being subtitled. „Exciting bear watch tours“.