Inside Passage
Quite an unspectacular drive the length of Vancouver Island found us at Port Hardy to embark on the next leg of our journey. Check-in for the ferry was OK and then we were into waiting time which fortunately was not long and departure was pretty much on time.

So what can I say about the Inside Passage? Well it's quite a long journey between Port Hardy and Prince Rupert and takes about 22 hours. We had booked a cabin which was quite spacious and suited us perfectly. I can also add that there are lots of islands along the way which the ship threads itself through (well, I guess the skipper does that!). As can be seen, it was sunny when we left port but the weather changed quite quickly and it was both cold and windy pretty much the whole way. Sadly, no whale sightings either, albeit I overheard one of the crew say that they had seen a humpback whale first thing in the morning. Could have told the rest of us!! It's all very much the luck of the draw. Either you see something or you don't. We didn't!

Nice Hotel in Prince Rupert with large window overlooking the bay but being in this town in the cloud and rain is not an uplifting experience! There is however a local Bald Eagle that fly's past our window regularly. And we know where we are in relation to some other places around the world:

And we did over-order on the Pizza in the evening. A 12 inch AND a 14 inch are just too much - so it's cold Pizza tomorrow!

We took a short stroll into Cow Bay his morning (23rd) but it's all pretty dreary. It's a Canada holiday today so everything's a bit quiet. They did though turn-out the yellow fire engine!

With plenty of time on our hands we also decided to make some significant changes to our itinerary. We have cancelled our trip to Ketchican (Alaska) as we don't think it will deliver for us what we are looking for. Instead, we will take ourselves off to a place called Terrace (well, just outside actually) for at least a couple of nights.