Day 29 ~ Saturday 19th September, 2015

WOW – I am moving in with Michelle & Lorrie – their breakfast was amazing. Fresh Fruit, Yoghurt, Sausages and the best hash browns I've ever eaten! YUMMY!! Apparently tomorrow they are making their famous Blueberry pancakes – YEAH BABY – bring that on!!

We made a quick move into the car to head our way up to Telegraph Junction which is a 2.5hr drive north of Campbell River. The day ws very ordinary. Very wet – the rain just didn't let up. Very low lying clouds the whole way.

Telegraph Junction was like how we thought Campbell River was going to be – an old fishing village with a quaint boardwalk and gorgeous little houses. The rain was bad so we had a coffee and looked around at the little shops for a while, till our boat came in and we made our way onto it.

Steve and I found our place on the back deck as far out of the rain as possible. Most of the other people (all German) stayed inside where it was warm and dry (they are not silly).

We saw our first humpback whale about 20mins into the 5 hour trip. She came right up and under the boat, so we got some good tail shots of her. That was about it. The rest of the time we were in constant rain and drizzle and chasing a few humpbacks. 

 

 

Not an Orca to be seen – very disappointed about that. We did see some Seals and a few dolphins, and a couple of eagles far off in the distance.

 Not the best eagle shot as he was a very long way away, plus the rain didn't help, but we did see one!  :)

Met some lovely people on the boat and one lovely lady from Oregon! :) 

Steve stayed out in the rain the whole time. I came in and out of cover. Unfortunately Steve's camera was NOT happy about the excess moisture and decided to stop working. So we raced back to Michelle & Lorries to get the hair dryer on it.

Not before we had dinner at the Coachman Pub – an Ye Olde English pub – held a lot of promise and I am sure it would have been nice, but alas we weren't served for over 30mins and the meal wasn't the most ideal. I let the head waitress know it took so long etc, but she didn't care. That was the worst service we've encountered – so not bad odds in reality.

Hair dryer going non-stop on the camera, and it is not looking good. I feel sick in the stomach for Steve. Tomorrow we've spent a lot of money to do this Grizzly Bear tour, and to think he wont be able to take any photos is just so damn frustrating and disappointing. Keep your fingers crossed that we get it dried out and working overnight.