We were in Oliver Cove before plus there was suppose to be a storm coming, it would be a safe anchorage.  We left Alexander Inlet on September 22, there was no wind but we had quite a swell from Milbanke Sound, which is open to the ocean.  It was so quiet, a beautiful sunday morning.  As we turned into Seaforth Channel we saw several spouts up ahead, whales!!!!   We ended up turning the engine off, and just sat there, watching two Humpback whales, very close together, constantly diving,  one we figure was a very large bull. I cannot get enough of watching these magnificent animals,i always feel that they just might be right under the boat, and you would never know it.

From Coghlan anchorage near Hartley bay to  Alexander Inlet , we travelled 12.7 hours. A very long day, but so worth it, the weather was amazing, we saw whales, the scenery superb, there were not any good anchorages either, all too deep, so we kept going .Alexander Inlet is a dream, NO BUGS!!!!!    Its a very long inlet, took us well over 45 minutes to get the head of it, on the way we saw a white Stellar Sealion, i think , an animal that is quite rare. We decided to stay 3 nights, work on the boat, did some laundry, just sat in the sun, and enjoyed . Bert caught several flounders, ( in dutch;scholletjes!!), which we pan fried that night, they have beautiful white meat. each day was sun, with a bit of a breeze, we heard the call of the Sandhill crane, and there, overhead, were 19 of them, flying in a kind of circle, we figured out after a while that they were making their V- formation, the lead bird was in place , and slowly they made the V, then headed off to the south, these birds fly very, very high, too high to see with the naked eye. Another flock of them arrived later, 20 of them, and they did the same, i also think they call to get other Cranes to join them. We did not see any bears anymore,even though there are still lots of salmon here and there.

We saw several spouts already, as soon as we neared Fraser reach, they were all humpbacks, close to the shores, we figure that they rub on the seaweed, and feed close to shore, they seem to stay close the the rocks also. In Princess Royal Channel we were treated to a very special sight, the ferry had just gone by, it was quite narrow there, and close to us, near the shore, a humpback whale breached , twice, we stood there , just incapable of doing anything, leave alone grabbing the camera, it would have just been too late. These enormous bodies, lifting straight out of the water, Bert thought maybe that they did it because of the ferry,going by so close, there has been a lot of research done , about the soundwaves and noises coming from passing ships, how it bothers the whales.