Canadian Journey

After a short walk along the beach after breakfast, we headed to town to go whale watching.

We caught a boat ready to go out to sea to find some whales.

After we left harbour the weather turned wet and windy and the sea became quite choppy:

We had to go a long way to find the whales and we did actually see quite a few humpback whales, both fairly near and at a distance. But the trouble with whales is that they appear only for a second or so, they don’t keep still and you never know where they are going to surface next. So I didn’t get a photo of a whale – this time.

But I did actually photograph some sea-lions…

… and sea birds …

… and we also saw a lot of seals, which the locals call ‘killer whale sausages’(!)

I spent some of the time up on the deck with the captain in a vain attempt to catch an early sight of a whale but, regardless, it was a good place to see the view as we came back in.

This was an amazing experience which was like nothing I have ever done before.  And the whales were huge – when you see them fairly near you realise what a size they actually are.  And they are really, really lovely.

When the boat trip was over we went down to see the seaplanes (again!) and I thought I’d try and take some different photos – here’s one:

A day to remember.

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