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Post by Low Light Mike on Jun 27, 2008 7:16:10 GMT -8
That volcano shaped island on the east side of Klemtu Passage is officially Cone Island. Who'd of thunk it. Mt Waddington - you just may have seen it. Waddington is NOT BC's highest point, however. There are two peaks in the St Elias Mountains on the boarder with Alaska that are higher - Mt Fairweather & Mt John Quincy Adams. Mr. WCK: thanks for that great colour-commentary. Much appreciated re your filling in of the blanks re these items. I've just been reading a biography of Mr. Ralph Edwards (Lonesome Lake pioneer, south of Hunlen Falls...), and his floatplane route was to go from Lonesome Lake, over some coast mountains, to the head of Knight or Bute or whatever inlet, and then down the coast. So that amazes me, just to realize that if I go up one of those inlets across from say Campbell River, and then manage to find a mountain pass, I could be in cowboy-country in the Chilcotin. I guess that Mr. Waddington had the same idea for that route; too bad it started a war. BC Geography & History: so intertwined......I love it.
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Post by Northern Exploration on Jun 27, 2008 8:01:10 GMT -8
Love the pics guys. Flug your commentary is great. I can see exactly what you are talking about in my mind and the memories flood back. One trip I we were rocking and rolling on Milbank and Queen Charlotte Sounds. Would have been interesting to see how the Wack takes real big rollers. By the time I get to make that trip maybe the QPR will be doing it or a new Northern Disc will be on the route.
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Post by Low Light Mike on Jun 27, 2008 13:44:48 GMT -8
Here are some of my photos, with commentary: =============== Chilliwack at Port Hardy berth. Notice the wide space between the ship and the dolphin on the left. My theory is that this is for when the NorAd is in berth, and the Chilliwack is there too. The Chilliwack can snuggle in beside it for the night. - Or is the NorAd's rear-end that wide? Or does NorAd need that extra space for aiming into the berth when docking? Someone has the answer.... =============== These next 2 photographs are part of what I wanted to experience on this trip. I love the sky and ocean, and the changes in colours before/after sunrise & sunset. These 2 are both taken at the north end of Vancouver Island, at approx 10:30-45pm on June 21st. - I like the orange band, but also the light in the clouds further above. ============= These next few pics are taken between 4:40am and 5:30am on Sunday June 22, in FitzHugh Sound. I got up (not to escape Karl's snoring), but specifically to see these changing light conditions in the sky..... - This first one is eastward looking, at the coast mountains just before sunrise. This is just near Namu. - This moon-shot shows Calvert Island's Mount Buxton (1,045m) in the background. - I like the hidden sun's play on the clouds.... - And the teasing sun finally shows itself, and I was in a rush because I wanted to shower and eat breakfast before we did the S-Curve south of Bella Bella.....
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Post by Low Light Mike on Jun 27, 2008 14:09:17 GMT -8
Some more of my pics, from Sunday June 22, 2008: ======================== - The estuary, just south of McLoughlin Bay ferry dock. I like the remnants of an old dock on the water and on the shore. No wildlife that I could see....but it is an estuary, so there must be something there sometime? ============= - kayak launching, next to the McLoughlin Group's ferry terminal. =============== - The Shearwater mill and ferry dock. My theory on the mill is that there are local beachcombers (the commercial log kind) who find logs in the area, bring them to the water just beside the dock (there's a boom there), and then they use the rusty crane to hoist onto the land, and then mill them into lumber in the building in the background-left. The market for this lumber? The town of Bella Bella. Just my theory.... ====================== - We're at Shearwater, at the ferry dock. Looking east, this is the scene that reminds me of Tofino harbour. ================== (this post cut short, as my scanner is acting up. I'll try to scan more tomorrow, after it gets a rest).
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Post by WettCoast on Jun 27, 2008 16:43:42 GMT -8
I would guess you are seeing the effects of one of a few possible scenarios. I would immediately suspect you are seeing the regrowth of beetle damaged trees, however, there is also the possibility you are seeing the effects and restoration of a crown fire. In either instance, you would see dead old growth trees towering over the much smaller new growth. If the branches were missing I would be more likely to suspect the latter scenario. I think that neither of the above scenarios are likely. What Mr. F. Horn saw was a common phenomenon seen in decadent coastal cedar hemlock forests. These forests have almost no pine and no pine beatles. They are also rain saturated most of the time and as such forest fires are almost unheard of. What you are seeing, most likely is very old growth western red cedar and its multiple spiked dead tops. For more on the decadent cedar hemlock coastal forest go here: www.pc.gc.ca/pn-np/bc/pacificrim/natcul/natcul1b_e.aspDecadent cedar forest near Cape Calvert, with CCGS Tanu in foreground - July 2006 - photo taken from Q of Chilliwack - JST ©
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Post by Low Light Mike on Jun 27, 2008 16:53:11 GMT -8
re the trees: I think the dead-top scenario makes sense. Thanks guys for the theories and reasonings.
The fact that it was on groups of islands made fire an unlikely reason, but that's what it looked like.
I'll see if I have a close-enough picture that shows the phenomena....
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Post by Low Light Mike on Jun 27, 2008 20:39:52 GMT -8
Jim: thanks for that late posting of your picture from Cape Calvert. That's exactly what I was trying to describe.
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Post by Low Light Mike on Jun 28, 2008 8:46:38 GMT -8
Here's a continuation of my photos, from Sunday June 22, 2008: =========== - Dryad narrows, looking at the house on the east side, opposite the lighthouse. Imagine living here and seeing the BC & Alaska ferries and cruiseships too? - and here's that lighthouse at Dryad Point, one of the most photographed items on the inside passage route: - for the sake of perspective, here's a look back at Dryad Point, and Bella Bella, to see where we've come from. ==============
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Post by cohocatcher on Jun 28, 2008 10:05:56 GMT -8
Can you live "hear" and "here" the ships as they pass by? ;D
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Post by Low Light Mike on Jun 28, 2008 11:00:54 GMT -8
Can you live "hear" and "here" the ships as they pass by? ;D Are you accusing me or Karl of being Homophonic? late edit: - sarcasm works best in context. At first, I didn't understand your context, as you didn't quote my typo. So I reviewed the last few posts in this thread and eventually found my offending typo and fixed it. Thanks for pointing it out; this perfectionist appreciates that. (it is interesting how the homophones slip by sometimes, I wonder if that's because we're thinking auditorily, but typing what we're thinking? Quite often, I'll type "thinks" instead of "things", and the g & k letters are nowhere near each other on the keyboard. So there must be an auditory-thinking explanation for this).
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Post by Low Light Mike on Jun 28, 2008 11:14:43 GMT -8
More photos from Sunday June 22, 2008: =============== Here is Milbanke Sound, looking west. We're already in the north-portion of the sound, and so we're kind of looking back over our left shoulder. The islands in the background are the archipeligo-like peninsula extended from the southern end of Price Island. (you can see this on Google Earth). The weather was sunny and not too windy. Karl & I ate our lunch out on the lifejacket-lockers ouside of the cafeteria-end of the ship (the bow end), and enjoyed the sunny Sunday. -------------------
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Post by Neil on Jun 28, 2008 11:53:40 GMT -8
There was an article in last Saturday's Globe about Bella Coola and the ferry trip. Check out this description of the 'Chilliwack:
This particular boat, though, was a rakish white cruiser that looked more like an ocean going ship.
Obviously, the Queen of Chilliwack has a good looking twin.
One thing I don't think you've mentioned yet, Mr Horn- just how much sleep did you get, and how comfortable was it?
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Post by Low Light Mike on Jun 28, 2008 11:57:36 GMT -8
One thing I don't think you've mentioned yet, Mr Horn- just how much sleep did you get, and how comfortable was it? I plan to do another long-post sometime this weekend, re "life aboard the ship". That will include eating, sleeping, showers (no video, thankfully), etc. I'll try to get that written sometime soon.
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Post by Low Light Mike on Jun 28, 2008 13:38:22 GMT -8
Here are my Klemtu pictures, from the afternoon of Sunday June 22, 2008: ============================= The first glimpse from the moving ferry, coming up the channel and past the point of land where this BigHouse is located. I like how the artwork pattern on the front resembles a face (the front-feet of the birds are the eyes, and the protruding entrance-roof is the nose). In the background forest you can seen an example of the decadent coastal cedar hemlock forests effect that I was talking about in an earlier post (thanks Jim & Jon re that discussion). --------- The view of the big-house, from the ferry-dock. We came up from the channel on the left-side of the photo. This gives a good perspective of the south-shore of the bay at Klemtu. ----------------------- 'Chilly at K2. As seen from the BigHouse. As a crew-member called her, she is a Shoe-Box. What town was this? --------------------- The Klemtu big-house. Built in the early 21st Century.... Here's a web-link to a 360-degree photo of the big-house. www.kitasoo.org/photogallery/treesix/treesix.htmHere's a web-link to a page with info on the carvers used for the big-house art work: www.kitasoo.org/photogallery/pole/new_pole_page.htmI like the canoe at the side of the building. Entrance to the big-house, taken from the water's edge. It doesn't look like a big-face anymore.... North-end of the Big-house. I like the aboriginal exit-sign. There are 4 separate family clans (animal names) in the Kitasoo nation, and these are represented by the 4 "totems" in the building (2 at each entrance). The south-end of the big-house interior. Note the double-finned sea animals on each clan-pole. Between the poles, along the back wall is a hollowed-out-log drum (you can't see it in this pic, but it's there). Interior facing north. This lets you see the seating on each side. Very arena like. We didn't note any corporate loge-seating...... This is Francis, a Klemtu elder. A wonderful man, he was our tour-guide for the big-house. He has a wonderfully subtle sense of humour. He made a very great impression on us. ---------------- And here's a web-link to a page on the Kitasoo website (the nation at Klemtu), re a rally about ferry service. Check out the messages on the signs in these photos..... www.kitasoo.org/photogallery/bcferries/bcferry_meet.htm--------------------
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Post by cohocatcher on Jun 28, 2008 14:16:10 GMT -8
Can you live "hear" and "here" the ships as they pass by? ;D Are you accusing me or Karl of being Homophonic? late edit: - sarcasm works best in context. At first, I didn't understand your context, as you didn't quote my typo. So I reviewed the last few posts in this thread and eventually found my offending typo and fixed it. Thanks for pointing it out; this perfectionist appreciates that. (it is interesting how the homophones slip by sometimes, I wonder if that's because we're thinking auditorily, but typing what we're thinking? Quite often, I'll type "thinks" instead of "things", and the g & k letters are nowhere near each other on the keyboard. So there must be an auditory-thinking explanation for this). You do mean homonym, don't you? ;D
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Post by Low Light Mike on Jun 28, 2008 14:33:10 GMT -8
Are you accusing me or Karl of being Homophonic? late edit: - sarcasm works best in context. At first, I didn't understand your context, as you didn't quote my typo. So I reviewed the last few posts in this thread and eventually found my offending typo and fixed it. Thanks for pointing it out; this perfectionist appreciates that. (it is interesting how the homophones slip by sometimes, I wonder if that's because we're thinking auditorily, but typing what we're thinking? Quite often, I'll type "thinks" instead of "things", and the g & k letters are nowhere near each other on the keyboard. So there must be an auditory-thinking explanation for this). You do mean homonym, don't you? ;D I just checked the Merriam-Webster online dictionary, and the meanings of these 2 "H" words are similar (sorry about that pun), but not exactly the same.. - Homonym: different meaning, although spelled and pronounced the same. - Homophone: different meaning, although pronounced the same (but spelled differently). .....so there is a difference, and that's re the spelling of the similar-sounding words in question, such as "hear / here". This is turning into an educational day.
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Post by Low Light Mike on Jun 29, 2008 17:52:15 GMT -8
Today's instalment is "Life on-board the ship": ===============================
Eating: - Cafeteria was open for 3 shifts a day: 6-9am for breakfast, 12-2pm for lunch, 5-7pm for dinner. No sales other than those times, even for the non-grill items. - Cafeteria menu was a mix of standard non-Coastal menu items as well as some fancier Route-40 items. - Breakfast was choice of: All-aboard (2 kinds of meat with 3 pieces each, 2 eggs, 2 toast, 3 hashbrowns, 1 defibrillator), something-like-traditional (2 of 1 meat, 2 eggs, 2 hash...), a waffle and maybe something else. I think there was cereal & oatmeal too. - Lunch standard items were the Bacon-Cheeseburger and chicken strips. Special items were fish & chips and beef dip. There were sandwiches in the cooler too. - Dinner standard items were the Bacon-cheeseburger and chicken strips. Special items were Klemtu fried chicken, roast pork, roast turkey, etc. - Desserts had the chocolate cake (with raspberry sauce) in the dessert-cooler. - The beer/wine cooler was in the middle of the cafeteria, and had some bottled local and imported beers, and some small wine carafes. The beer bottles were approx $5-6 each, and the darkest thing they had was Canterbury from England, and that's not dark enough for this stout-fan, and so I passed (pardon the pun). - 1 cashier, 1 server behind the counter, and the grill in a separate room with a doorway behind the server (no open window to grill like in most restaurants for "order up").
- I had 5 bottles of water in my pack, as well as some Cliff bars.
Sleeping: - I've described the recliner lounge later in this post. - The main lights in this lounge are turned off at 11:00pm, and then the lights from the hallways by the bathrooms shine-in. Most smart people brought flashlights, but this smart-guy didn't. - Some people slept on the floor in this lounge, using air mattresses or some thin foamy thingy. - There were some areas where the BellaBellans formed a bit of a campground, bordered by some movable chairs. I think they had some sentries posted. - Some people slept in the bow-end table lounge, on the padded bench-style seats, or on the floor. In fact, for Sunday breakfast, Karl & I ate at a table, with a snoring heavy-sleeper right near us. So if you sleep in the table-lounge, you need to know that the lounge is used for eating starting at 6:00am, or maybe you just don't care..... - I think that 1 couple slept upstairs in the solarium, which was enclosed with a door at each end. They had foamies and sleeping bags. - Karl & I slept in the same recliner-lounge area each night.
- I slept from 11:00pm to 4:30 AM each of the 2 nights, with the second night featuring a 20-minute interruption when we went outside to see Ocean Falls. - I caught-up on sleep during Sunday & Monday day-time, with a 10:30-Noon nap each day (really an afternoon nap, considering when I had awaken).
- In that recliner lounge, during the day, there was always a few people asleep, at various times of the day. Someone was always catching-up and thinking of Z-drives....what a rad-idea.
- The droning engines were pleasant to fall asleep to.
- I brought an inflatable pillow with me, that worked out ok. I also had a Toyota car emergency blanket, that covered me and kept me cozy. I slept in my day-clothes of long pants, socks, shirt and a warm pullover top. The 2nd night was colder inside the lounge, but the blanket helped.
Bathrooms: - 1 set of washrooms each for the men and ladies, on opposite sides of the ship. The mens room was large, with say 4 urinals (non salad-bowl style), approx 5 toilets, and approx 6 showers. Karl has a pic of the shower. There was a counter-top with say 4 sinks and paper towels. - Each shower stall had a latching door (just like a toilet stall) and inside was a change area with a small shelf, and lots of hooks. Then there was the shower itself with a hanging curtain to separate it from the change area. - The shower needed 1 loonie to run, for 6 minutes of water. You brought your own soap & shampoo. I used some liquid soap in a bottle, as that was less messy for packing than a bar.
- It was simple for me to load up my backpack (small pack) with my day's change of clothes, and to use a caribiner-clip to attach my toiletries kit to my backpack, and to hang-this contraption on the inside of my shower-stall door.
- I used a small Nike-gym towel, and then let it dry on my recliner seat during the day.
- Yes, the routine was very similar to camping in a campground with a communal washroom. Except that there was no tent to change clothes in private, so I just changed my clothes outside in front of the bridge, to moon the officers....No, just kidding. The shower-stall was a good place to change clothes.
Outside areas: - 3 levels of outside accessible areas: - on the passenger lounge deck, the outside areas were separate at each end, and not connected outside. There were the usual life-jacket lockers to sit on, some plastic garden chairs, and railings to lean over. - up 1 deck is the deck that you can almost walk all the way around outside on (but not quite). This is a narrow perimeter, with some benches built-in close to the bulkheads. This is on the level of the crew-accommodations. - up 1 deck is the deck that is on top of the crew accommodations. At one end is a seating area (bow end) and at other end is the solarium. They are not connected on the outside.
Inside areas: From stern-to-bow (the direction that the ship was running for our trip, with the watertight end as the bow), here is the inside of the ship: - recliner-chair lounge at the stern-end. divided into 3 sections, with 2 room-length aisles (which started at doors to the outside, and ended with doorways to the washroom area of the ship's corridor area). - Maybe 5 rows in each section, with between 5-10 chairs in each row, with the larger # being in the wider center-section. - Some recliners had knobs, and reclined all the way back. Others had metal-levers and only reclined part way. Also some had fabric covering, and others were vinyl. For those who like dissimilarity, you'd be happy with the 'Wack's assortment of different recliners. - Karl & I wanted something quieter (or at least I did), so we claimed a few recliners in a corner right at the stern-port corner of the lounge. I had the window-seat, and Karl was at the other end of this port-side row of 5 seats. Because of the doorway to the outside being near Karl, our row was tucked-in a bit to-the-stern of the doorway, so we were in a nook-type-area (close your eyes and imagine). That's what I wanted, to be in a corner away. Unfortunately our row's recliners had the metal-lever and only reclined part-way. However, because we were the furthest-to-the-stern row, we had 2 groups of regular vinyl ferry lounge chairs facing opposite in our nook area. We took those and pulled them towards our recliners, using them as the foot-end of our beds. (Karl has posted a picture of this on page-1 of this thread, with me doing a fake-sleep pose). - The fully-reclining seats would have been better for sleep, but they were in the middle in the open, and I'm a light-sleeper so the quiet corner was better for me. - There were TV sets in this lounge, and a movie was played Sunday night & Monday evening. On time it was a Star Trek TNG movie.
- 2 interior doors led from the recliner-lounge to the interior corridors. On either side of the corridor were the 2 washrooms. Straight ahead near the mens'-room door was the arcade. - near the womens'-room door is the straight hallway that leads down past the gift shop, into the cafeteria, and into the bow-end table-lounge.
- So down that straight corridor (on starboard side of the middle) is first the pursers desk (with computer with a satellite internet connection where ferry crew could check their hotmail), and then across the hall is the gift shop. - Then you walk a bit further and come to the cafeteria, where you can just walk past-it through the hall, but the cafeteria is in a centre-nook. So you stop, turn left, and enter the centre-nook that is the cafeteria. The row of drink machines and the cash-register is the wall that separates the cafeteria servery from the main ship hallway. Across that hall is some licensed-seating, so if you buy the light-coloured beer, you have to drink it there.
3 other things to note at the bow-end of the cafeteria area: - 1) The ship's 1 elevator arrives right in the servery area of the cafeteria. I'm sure that Jervis Inlet customers are surprised when they take the elevator and arrive inside the cafeteria. - 2) The chief-steward's office is just next to the cafeteria, within line-of-sight of the cafeteria cashier. - 3) There is an interior stairway that leads upstairs to the crew accommodation deck, but at the top of the stairs is a door for passengers to go outside, and to arrive on that middle-outside-deck. (the other way to go outside at the bow-end is to continue through the table lounge....see next item in this blog).
- Through the cafeteria you go, and arrive at the bow-end table lounge. This was used a lot for the 3 meals eating, and then for reading and socializing. - There were 2 doors leading outside, just like in the recliner-lounge at the opposite end.
Other: - Passages gift shop was open for 3 times per day, 1 hour each time. They emphasized the gravol during the openings that preceding open-water-crossings. - I looked at the books, and I own many of them already. - They had some goretex-like clothing for sale.
Daily routine: - I had 2 bags. 1 large duffel bag (MEC brand) and an urban backpack. the backpack went with me everywhere during the day, and it had my wallet, keys, camera, binoculars etc, as well as my Tilley hat and a pullover. The duffel bag had my books (2) and my various changes of clothes and my toiletries kit. The bag was ok left in my sleep area all day; everyone was leaving their bags/totes in their sleeping-locations. My earlier questions about lockers were moot....no one needed them.
Clothing: - I had to have 4 days of clothes: Saturday's clothes on my back, and 3 days in the bag. - I have lots of synthetic travel/walking clothes, so I brought these. - I had my 4 pair of BC Ferry Club underwear (the ones with the dogwood-emblem on the front, and the images of the Seven-Sisters stitched into the waistband ;D), 3 pair of Tilley walking sox (I recycled my Saturday pair for Tuesday use, but was able to launder that in the Port Hardy sink along with a shirt, on Monday overnight; I don't think Karl smelled the difference....), 3 base-layer synthetic shirts (2 of those are long sleeve, so I didn't need to worry about sunburned arms), 2 long pants (1 was zip-off), 1 vest, 1 light-fleece pullover, 1 heavy fleece jacket, 1 rain-jacket, 1 tilley-hat, 1 toque. - I ended up needing & using every piece of clothing that I brought. It was cold & windy outside at times, so sometimes I had my vest & fleece both on, and done up to cover my throat. And I wore my toque outside in the early morning, and late evening, especially to keep my ears warm in the wind.
....and that's what life was like on-board the ship.
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Post by D'Elete BC in NJ on Jun 30, 2008 6:51:31 GMT -8
I would guess you are seeing the effects of one of a few possible scenarios. I would immediately suspect you are seeing the regrowth of beetle damaged trees, however, there is also the possibility you are seeing the effects and restoration of a crown fire. In either instance, you would see dead old growth trees towering over the much smaller new growth. If the branches were missing I would be more likely to suspect the latter scenario. I think that neither of the above scenarios are likely. What Mr. F. Horn saw was a common phenomenon seen in decadent coastal cedar hemlock forests. These forests have almost no pine and no pine beatles. They are also rain saturated most of the time and as such forest fires are almost unheard of. What you are seeing, most likely is very old growth western red cedar and its multiple spiked dead tops. For more on the decadent cedar hemlock coastal forest go here: www.pc.gc.ca/pn-np/bc/pacificrim/natcul/natcul1b_e.aspDecadent cedar forest near Cape Calvert, with CCGS Tanu in foreground - July 2006 - photo taken from Q of Chilliwack - JST © You are right, this area probably does not suffer significant fire damage due to the high rainfall amounts typical to the coast, hence it was my second, and much less expected, choice. I will argue you on the insect damage though. Trees do not typically just die off without an underlying cause and while they likely contribute to the tree being infested, the factors quoted from the Parks Canada site just don't sit well with me as the direct cause of the defoliation...with a little more research I came up with the likely insect infestations common to the region and trees in question such as the Western Blackheaded Budworm or the Western Hemlock Looper, with the latter being a more likely candidate as it attacks both tree species. A great on-line tree damage diagnostic tool can be found at the Canada Forest Service website.
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Post by Low Light Mike on Jun 30, 2008 19:09:56 GMT -8
Here are some leftover items from my 4 pages of notes that I took on this trip: =======================
- When we were stopped at the Seymour Narrows viewpoint on Highway 19 on our drive up-island, we saw the MV Aurora Explorer sail by, and into Menzies Bay (which is it's home base). This working freight-ship sells-out it's limited passenger space each year, and makes some big dollars doing so. Does anyone here have any desire to do an Aurora Explorer trip? I'm just wondering if it's more of a retiree thing?
- At each night and morning, on the Chilliwack, a crew member raised/lowered the BC Flag from the bow-end mast (perhaps same thing done with the Canada flag at the stern, but I wasn't paying attention to that end....). I was impressed with the clockwork routine of this lowering/raising of the flag, while at sea.
- We saw a group of Pacific White-Sided Dolphins, just north of Namu, in FitzHugh Sound. This was at 5:15am on Sunday morning.
- The arrival at Bella Bella (scheduled for 7:30am) was going to be early, so ferry had slowed-down for the few hours prior to this. This allowed the Bella Bellans time to wake up and clean up their areas. A crew member noted that they actually should just do the arrival earlier at 6:30am, but that they missed the deadline for this change to be made to the printed schedule, and so they are stuck with the slowdown, to allow the Bella Bellans their required time to sleep & get organized (can you just picture the protests in being asked to get ready and disembark early?).
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Post by Canucks on Jul 1, 2008 9:56:00 GMT -8
I just came across this last night and I have enjoyed seeing the less crowed routes. I love the commentary on the types of people Flugel Horn, and I've never seen so many pictures of the discovery coast Karl. This is definitively one of the most interesting threads I have read.
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Post by Low Light Mike on Jul 1, 2008 10:20:39 GMT -8
I just came across this last night and I have enjoyed seeing the less crowed routes. I love the commentary on the types of people Flugel Horn, and I've never seen so many pictures of the discovery coast Karl. This is definitively one of the most interesting threads I have read. Thanks for those kind words. For people like Karl & I, posting photos and writing travel-stories is part of the enjoyment of travel. It lets us share our experiences with others and also lets us visit those threads in the future to remind us of the fun times.
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Post by Northern Exploration on Jul 1, 2008 14:05:09 GMT -8
You guys have posted pics and a travelogue that puts us right there with you. Thanks for putting the time and effort into it. It is very appreciated and very enjoyable.
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Post by Low Light Mike on Aug 19, 2008 21:38:35 GMT -8
A couple of other forum-members recently took a similar Saturday-Monday trip on the Q-Chilliwack Route-40. Cadmunkey will be posting his write-up & E-Queen's pics on his website, here: www.queenofchilliwack.ca/ferrytrips/Ferrytrips.htmI look forward to reading his comments.....which he's in the process of writing (I've been pestering those 2 travelers, I hope they don't mind my impatient enthusiasm.....).
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Post by WettCoast on Aug 19, 2008 22:24:11 GMT -8
An update re the dead tree tops seen along the Discovery coast route...
A friend of mine who is a forest technician and has spent more than 3 decades working in coastal forest siviculture told me that most of the trees in question are, in fact, yellow cedar, as opposed to western red cedar. I am uncertain as to why this happens to the trees but insects (but not pine beetles) probably have a role in this.
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Post by Low Light Mike on Sept 8, 2009 17:08:14 GMT -8
Fast-forward to Labour-Day weekend, 2009. I've just returned from a Saturday-Monday trip on Route-40, the same itinerary as I did last year (described earlier in this here thread).
So I'm being a forum-environmentalist and re-using this existing thread.
Background to this year's trip: - I decided a few weeks ago that I really wanted to do a northern trip again this summer. - I remembered the fun of my 2008 Route-40 trip, and wanted more. - I was inspired by some other forum-members' Route-40 trip in August 09. - I went solo on this recent trip. - I was expecting a quiet trip with few passengers, since it was the last weekend for the season. ;D
I will be posting my stories and commentary and photos, here in the next few days. Since I'm digital this year (film camera in 2008), I have more pictures this time.
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