Sunday, November 6, 2011

Bits of Quadra

While Buck was off on his bike adventures I was riding my bike on Quadra. Rides on the sunny days were glorious. (If you want to check out Buck's adventures go to http://bikerbuck.blogspot.com/)

A boat going home at the end of the day.

One morning we had this wonderful sunrise. If you look closely you will see that cloud bank had settled in in front of Marnia and Cortes islands across the channel from us.

The colors turned to purple and the cloud bank was there.

And it stayed and picked up some pink....

And still it stayed for hours and was very fascinating and lovely.

Our dear friend Joy's lush and lovely house.

These spots are fin whales we think. They were way out in the channel but still fun to see.

The next day this humpback came along taking his/her time, probably feeding. It is always exciting to see the whales. This one we could see and hear!

While at the beach photographing the humpback going by I saw 6 seals in close to shore looking out to sea. Very unusual to see so many seals in this close and to see them with their heads above the surface so long. Keeping out of the way of the whale? The humpback is a baleen whale and they don't eat seals so either there were also killer whales (Orcas) in the area or the seals can't tell which whale is safe and which isn't.

Eagle on a totem pole at the museum in Cape Mudge Village. This is our first nation village.

Another beautiful calm evening.

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