Wow, how can I tell all that we have done in the last three days since the last blog! On Friday we left Victoria and drove 7 hours up the east coast of Vancouver Island to the northern town of Port Hardy where we spent the night. It was forested wilderness with just logging roads and a few logging or fishing villages. The sides of the road were covered with purple lupine and yellow broom.
Saturday morning we checked into the ferry at 5:30 and started a 15 hour ferry ride up the narrow inner passage of the coast of British Columbia. I don't think there are words for the beauty of the landscape. Steep forested hills and snow capped mountains rose up on each side of the passage with cascading waterfalls. We saw whales, porpoises and bald eagles. Occasionally we would see a small logging camp or fishing village and a lighthouse station. We had recliners up in the bow in front of floor to ceiling windows on three sides. It was like watching a very long IMAX movie, incredible.

We got into Prince Rupert, the northern most costal town in British Columbia around 10:30, it was just dusk. Prince Rupert has a population of around 12,000 and is now one of Canada's major seaports. We are here for two nights.