Canadian Journey

Today we set out to see some bears. Apparently bears can be seen quite often when they come down to the beach to eat. They push over quite big boulders to get at the crabs that live underneath. We set off in a boat with a film crew who were making a movie for Korean and Canadian TV for the Winter Olympics 2010. So we’ll be on the telly next year…

We set off quite early so the day was still misty when we left.

We travelled to some remote beaches where bears are known to hang out and it wasn’t long before we found a black bear digging for crabs:

He seemed quite unconcerned by the boat and we stopped at watched him chomping at crabs for quite some minutes. Then we moved further along the beach and we found another one:

As you can see from the photos, the day got brighter as we travelled.

On this trip we also saw some more seals and some eagles (which are quite common hereabouts).

We were thrilled to see the bears and watching them shift the boulders made us all too aware of how strong they must be.

Back to dry land, and after lunch, on an impulse, we went down to the floatplane jetty again and asked if someone would take us up to try to see some whales. Josh (pictured) agreed and up we went again – just the three of us.

I am happy to report that we did see some whales and I actually managed to get these photos from the air (ignore the yellow boat):

Look, I know these pictures are not that impressive, but given that they are the only ones I managed to get, and given that I took them from a bumpy plane through a  not-very-clean window and given that this was the last day of our holiday, I’m going to show them here anyway

These are whales, trust me.

We watched them spouting and splashing and frolicking around, and they were absolutely gorgeous!

This was a wonderful, unforgettable day.

And tonight we have to pack up for an early start on our journey home tomorrow.