Leaving Vancouver
Scott piloting the boat.
Ken ready to leave.
Ken in front of Deep Bay on another small island. One family had lived on the island and had an orchard with apples and plums. They had also raised goats and sheep, which still run wild on the island. Their heirs had donated it to Canada, who had made a park out of the island. I would guess it was about 5 square miles.
Scott on the same small island. The tide was out and the brown area behind him would have all been under water at high tide.
Tom is a member of the Royal Vancouver Yacht Club, and they own several outposts like this one where you can dock for the night, fill up the fresh water tanks, hook up to electricity, and most importantly, take a shower and wash clothes in the clubhouse. It's the building shown here with the blue roof. The house to the left is the caretaker's house.
Tom and Scott celebrating another successful day after docking at the end of the day.
A jellyfish that was two or three feet under the water.
This is another of the RVYC clubhouses located at Cortes Bay. Note the tide line on the rocks.
The view from the clubhouse at Cortes Bay. I think our boat is the one on the right.
Taken from our boat where we anchored our first night. The clubhouse dock was too full because it was Labor Day, so we anchored nearby.
One of the bays in Desolation Sound.
Ken driving the boat. Tom's brave.
Scenery.
We returned to Cortes Bay after a night in Desolation Sound.
Scott and Tom on the hike.
A picture of an inland lake that we hiked to.
Ken hiking through the forest.
I tried several times to get a clear shot of a seal, but this was the best I could do. There were lots of them, but they wouldn't get close to the boat.
Notice the size of the stump behind Scott. The trees were large, but not as large as the stumps, and the forest was full of them.
A vicious, tourist eating snake. We saw three of these on hikes. I don't know what kind of snake it really is.
A couple of scenery shots. It's a mix of clouds and snow on the peaks.
A mediocre shot of a waterfall. At this point in the trip it was like sailing in a fjord in Norway. There were mountains with steep cliffs on either side of us.
A blurry shot of a starfish. It's the orange blob. There were lots of large starfish, and they were either orange or purple.
The forest was the lushest and greenest I have ever seen. Even though the temperature was cold, it looked like a tropical rain forest, with lots of ferns and moss.
The bay where we anchored the last night.
A raft of logs being transported to Vancouver. Shot from the plane.
