PRINCE RUPERT.
Day 310 – We were really dragging today, all of us, cats included. You step out of your routine and everything goes haywire. The campground is okay, not a lot of choices here, but we do have hook-ups (also a lack of privacy and plenty of noise). We took a short drive to familiarize ourselves with the area.
Continue readingTRAVEL DAY
From: Quatse River Campground, Port Hardy, BC.
To:Prince Rupert RV Campground, Prince Rupert, BC.
Day 309 – This is crazy. Did I say that I was not a morning person? Aaargh! I need my sleep. I was a ZOMBIE until about noon. Even Rob was a bit bleary eyed. The girls? They left last night with their knapsacks filled with food. They are backpacking it out, looking for a new home. You know, you can only push a cat so far – then they are DONE!
LOOKING FOR GRIZZLY BEARS, ROUND 2.
Day 308 – Yawn. We got up at 4:30 a.m. I am NOT a morning person. If everyone was like me, what a grouchy world there would be. (If everyone was like Rob, we’d all spring out of bed all chipper and happy. That would be better.) The girls were like: “What, more food? It’s so EARLY. But…..If we must eat, we will chow down…….” They are troopers.
Continue readingHAPPY BIRTHDAY, LIN! BEST WISHES FOR THE COMING YEAR!
Day 307 – Our signal here is intermittent, not as good as the last campground, but better than others. It rained on & off last night and all day today. We’re hoping the rain stops before our 2nd Grizzly Bear Trip tomorrow! When we checked in with Tide Rip this afternoon, we asked if they’d seen bears since Tuesday which is the last time we went out with them. They said they had. (They ask that passengers check in before 5 p.m. the day before their scheduled trip in case there are changes.) Fingers crossed for a day with lots of Bear sightings and no rain.
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From: Alder Bay RV Park & Marina, Telegraph Cove, BC.
To: Quatse River Campground, Port Hardy, BC.
Day 306 – Check in at our new campground wasn’t until 2 p.m., so we knew we could relax and hang around at Alder Bay. It continued to rain during the night and was quite foggy this morning when we got up. Fogust.
Day 305 – Fogust again this morning – fogged in until about lunch time. We did a couple of loads of laundry at the campground’s laundry facilities. We sat outside when the sun was shining in the afternoon. Then it began raining and cooled down from 64 degrees to the low 50’s. We are leaving tomorrow for Port Hardy where we will be camping until we take the ferry off Vancouver Island on Tuesday.
Continue readingALERT BAY.
Day 304 – It’s hard for us to believe that we’ve been away from home on this trip for ten months as of today. Definitely our longest trip yet. We feel completely at home waking up in the RV; we’re totally used to it. The scenery changes often, there’s always something new, and at times unexpected.
Continue readingONE OF THOSE LAZY DAYS.
Day 303 – It’s nice to have a decent signal here. It’s been so rare. We’ll be here until Saturday. The campground, Alder Bay, is very large. We’re on a hill with a nice view of the Bay. Some campsites are bigger than others. Ours is big and in a good location. We haven’t been here much since we arrived on Monday, but in some areas it can get fairly noisy. This morning from the RV we watched a dense fog bank roll in and we couldn’t see anything around us. Just as quickly it rolled out again. Then the fishermen went out in their boats.
It rained a little this afternoon and later it became steady, supposed to rain all night and all day tomorrow. Before lunch we spent about an hour sitting outside when the campground was quiet. The weather yesterday for our boat ride was certainly much nicer than today’s weather. Our high was 67 degrees with clouds most of the day.
LOOKING FOR GRIZZLY BEARS.
Day 302 – Just to be fair here, we won’t build way up to an exciting conclusion…..we did not see any Grizzly Bears. On this trip. But everyone on this trip did get a voucher for a free trip in the future, AND we were able to book our next trip on the day before we leave Vancouver Island – Monday, August 15. Now, that was lucky!
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From: Marble River Recreation Site, between Port Alice & Port McNeill, BC.
To: Alder Bay RV Park & Marina, Telegraph Cove, BC.
Day 301 – It was 57 degrees and cloudy this morning when we got up. We took our time packing up to leave Marble River. We hated to leave this peaceful place. A couple of pictures follow: one, Robins were happily eating berries off a tree as we were preparing to leave; and two, after the screened tent was taken down we could plainly see a log seat carved by someone before us, for sitting by the fire (the tent had blocked it previously).
