Haida Gwaii

Yesterday we woke at 0400 to make the 200 km journey to Prince Rupert for 0800 to catch our 1000 ferry to Skidegate. I'm very glad we delayed the drive to that morning, we gave ourselves lots of time to get coffee before getting the the queue for the ferry, and the drive was beautiful to so in the morning light! I couldn't stop myself from making a brief investigation of the abandoned waterpark on the Kitimat highway.

There were many more stops I'd have liked to make. The clouds where low and it rained off and on the whole way, but it was beautiful along the water. Whenever the sun tried to peak through the clouds it made amazing colours.

We hit up Cowppuchinno for coffeeaand muffins before the ferry. Linds and Nate were on about an hour and a half before I was able to board. The motorcycles were last on, first off. The ride was rather uneventful save for a few brief distant marine sightings.

On arrival I met Nate's parents for the first time, and we hopped in the truck for some exploring around the nearby Jungle Beach and a hike/meander above st Mary's spring before a late dinner.we found a decomposing grey whale on the beach. We tried some seaweed lasagna noodles (surprisingly less nori like then expected - Jaime might like them! No gluten!), and I had sea asparagus for the first time! I quite liked it, but it's better with needed heaps of butter.

Today we drove to Masset in the in the North for coffee and saw a good portion of different attractions throughout the area - the blow hole, the new giant totem carved by Christian White, a brief drive in a beach, Christian White's carvery with a massive totem for the Haisla, soft serve ice cream from a food truck owner & chef from Victoria who have us a tour ielf his shut restaurant (he's had staffing issues), Rainbow warf, the spot where the Golden Spruce once stood and a midden through a machinery graveyard.

I'm debating my plans for the next few days. Originally I had most of the week with linds and Nate, but they're now slated to get on the boat tomorrow. I'm deciding if I'll stay on the island until Thursday as planned, or if I head ahouth sooner...