Lake Louise
9月6日, カナダ ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C
Rundle and Sulphur Mountains
9月6日, カナダ ⋅ ☁️ 11 °C
Lake Minnewanka and Two Jack Lake
9月6日, カナダ ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C
Back to Calgary
9月6日, カナダ ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C
YYC to YBL
9月7日, カナダ ⋅ 🌧 12 °C
On our way to Campbell River. Flying over the Rockies so lots of photos of mountains and glaciers and lakes and clouds!
Campbell River
9月7日, カナダ ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
(John’s post about arriving and upon arrival)
Coast Discovery Marina
9月7日, カナダ ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
(Tara’s post post-arrival in Campbell River) Too early for even early check-in so grabbing lunch at the pier
Evening in Campbell River
9月7日, カナダ ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
The view from our hotel room
Campbell River to Orca Camp
9月8日, カナダ ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
The Adventure Begins
On the way to Orca Camp
9月8日, カナダ ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C
We stopped to see some Dall's porpoises (have yet to find a photo that shows more than a splash), Pacific white-sided dolphins and Humpback whales (mother and calf).
Welcome to Orca Camp
9月8日, カナダ ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
After our 2.5 hour boat ride to camp, we were shuttled off in a row boat and got a tour of camp. Then after lunch, we had an orientation paddle. After that was dinner. I’m proud to say that I (Tara)もっと詳しく
Kayak Orientation
9月8日, カナダ ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
Bear!
9月8日, カナダ ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
On our first evening in Orca Camp, I was sitting by the hot tub and spotted something moving on the beach across the creek. I reported it to one of our guides, Georgia, and when she confirmed I hadもっと詳しく
Orca Camp - Day Two
9月9日, カナダ ⋅ ☁️ 11 °C
Tara’s first night camping was actually a decent sleep. We took our first middle of the night trip to the toilets at 2:25 am and heard orcas blowing.
We went for a pre-breakfast paddle to look atもっと詳しく
Orca Camp - Day Three
9月9日, カナダ ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
Today we opted out of all kayaking and just hung around camp. The day kayakers had to abort their trip halfway due to winds and swells.
Our first orcas
9月9日, カナダ ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
We left our tent to head to the kitchen and I made a comment like "watch there be orcas and I have to come back from my camera". Sure enough we had missed the "orca!" cries somehow and there were inもっと詳しく
Goodbye Orca Camp
9月11日, カナダ ⋅ ☁️ 9 °C
Saw some orcas this morning before breakfast. After breakfast (eggs Benedict for everyone but me) we finished packing up, stripped our bedding, swept out the tent, and dragged out luggage to theもっと詳しく
Return to Campbell River
9月11日, カナダ ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
We spotted a pod of six Transient orcas (a different ecotype from the ones we saw from camp). More photos and videos to come. The first two are from John’s iPhone!
Campbell River Whale Watching (Part 1)
9月12日, カナダ ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
On our final full day of the trip, I (Tara) headed out for a four-hour covered boat whale watching tour with Campbell River Whale Watching, a company owned by the same company that runs Wildcoastもっと詳しく
Campbell River Whale Watching (Part 2)
9月12日, カナダ ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
We got incredibly lucky with not only the number of humpbacks we saw but the photographic angles. We were watching a pair of humpbacks surfacing to breathe when a third one nearby surprised us with aもっと詳しく
