http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/British-Columbia/Prince-Rupert/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from North America , Canada , British Columbia , Prince Rupert en-us Sun, 19 May 2013 02:02:25 +0000 Sun, 19 May 2013 02:02:25 +0000 Rain. Rain. More rain. Prince Rupert lived up to its reputation as being the rainiest place on earth. And it is going to have to be in terms of number of days raining because the place that gets the most rain is in India and it is 23 meters or something ridiculous like that. But it apparently rains 300 or so days a year in Prince Rupert. And it was raining when I arrived on the ferry. And it was r http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/British-Columbia/Prince-Rupert/blog-733380.html Wednesday May 23 2012 Bishop Bay to Kumealon Island CoveOur itinerary today takes us through Grenville Channel a forty five mile long mostly straight fjiord that carries all the Inside Passage traffic and we felt like we had it all to ourselves. Steep green walls hundreds of waterfalls calm waters and a carrying current were all ours today. When we had had enough we turned into the very back o http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/British-Columbia/Prince-Rupert/blog-719306.html Tuesday May 22 2012 Windy Bay to Bishop Bay Hot SpringsThe clouds lift and patches of sunlight show here and there as we travel down passages through narrows reaches and Channels. For many hours there is not a boat to be seen and we grumble a little when see any boat that disturbs the solitude. We turned into Butedale to see the ruins of an old cannery. Many of the large warehouses have collaps http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/British-Columbia/Prince-Rupert/blog-719304.html Monday May 21 2012 Oliver Cove to Windy Bay FjiordlandIt was raining when we got up this morning and it has rained all day. We turned up Mathieson Channel into a gray drizzly Fjiordland and we discussed whether to take a shorter route through Jackson Passage to Finlayson Channel the main Inside Passage Route or stay with our longer more scenic course perhaps without the scenery. We stayed the http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/British-Columbia/Prince-Rupert/blog-719303.html Saturday May 19 2012 Port McNeill to Fury CoveAt 500 AM the lights on both boats were on and coffee was perking. We looked at charts and Dick said he would follow us and off we went into the sunrise. At 10 40 AM we were rounding Cape Caution in Queen Charlotte Sound and of the usual death grip on the wheel wondering what it39s like to die and istening to the moaning behind me the Little Li http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/British-Columbia/Prince-Rupert/blog-719151.html Wednesday August 31 2011Terrace And The Sunniest Day Since The NWTI woke up to warmer morning this morning it was not a cold as the other day. My tent was also dry no morning dew. This was a pleasant surprise not mention good fortune as I was camped under trees with no nearby sunlight to dry anything out. As mentioned I have camped on the outskirts of Nisgaa Memorial Lava Bed Provincial Pa http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/British-Columbia/Prince-Rupert/blog-647889.html Our last ferry ride was a doozy. We were picked up at 430 a.m. and delivered to the Ferry terminal for a 530 departure. We had booked a berth and headed straight for our stateroom on the M.S.Taku one of the oldest ships in the ferry fleet. Wow Our room was twice the size of the last one and TaDa it even had a little red ladder that Val could use to get into the top bunk. Whil http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/British-Columbia/Prince-Rupert/blog-515878.html Divert to draw off to a different course purpose.It's been a while since I wrote a blog. Sometimes we are not near a wireless connection but more often than not we are so enjoying our travels and the sights we are seeing it's hard to sit and write. I don't want to get behind though so I better commit to wirting more often. Anyway we had planned to go straight from home to Alaska and be in http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/British-Columbia/Prince-Rupert/blog-513528.html Ok this is where we are going to be staying in Croatiahttpwww.jadranhoteli.hruvalascottuvalascotten.phpAnother cloudy day here we are off to Terrace to pick up a few last minute things.CK http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/British-Columbia/Prince-Rupert/blog-511085.html Just testing out how to create a blog entry. Soon enough we will be off on our grand adventure to Europe This is going to be a very interesting trip No real plans just go and exploreI think that we are all looking forward to the nice weather. It has been extremely dull here wet and cloudy I look forward to blue sky and warm days. http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/British-Columbia/Prince-Rupert/blog-510965.html OK so the Inside Passage deserves its own entry. All the guidebooks tourist information centres etc. say that it is THE most spectacular ferry journey in the world and you think Yeah Right but in this case they may have a point...It was an early old start yesterday. We had to be up at 0500 to get to the ferry terminal for 0530 somewhat ridiculously they load the ferry at 0600 but d http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/British-Columbia/Prince-Rupert/blog-501748.html Well here I am again... Somewhere new with my backpack. Waw. I love it already.I left 2 days ago drove down to Skagway with Harvey and it was just a perfect day. Nice and sunny not a cloud in the sky. The Yukon Gold is not all in the river beds... It's also in the trees It was so beautiful with the fresh snow on the mountain tops and the gold green and red colors fall at its best. Th http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/British-Columbia/Prince-Rupert/blog-441316.html As I am writing this we are on the ferry from Port Hardy to Prince Rupert known as the scenic inside passage. We had to got up really early as we had to check in at 600 a.m. The ferry will arrive in Prince Rupert at approximately 1030 p.m. It is here where we said good bye to Adrian and Brenda our hosts for Vancouver Island. It has been a tremendous nice full week and we are a bit sad to lea http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/British-Columbia/Prince-Rupert/blog-434211.html More perfect weather Sunny all day with highs in the mid70s. Im in Miata heavenLeft Smithers this morning and decided to stop again at the Moricetown Canyon where the native Indians fish with nets in the raging rapids see yesterdays blog. This visit was even more interesting than yesterday and I ended up staying for nearly two hours. There was only a single Indian fishing a larg http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/British-Columbia/Prince-Rupert/blog-432877.html Travel guides tout Prince Rupert as Canada's gloomiest city and they weren't kidding. The sun failed to show all day with a thick fog surrounding this town of around 15000. No small wonder given it is so close to Alaska. We wandered around Cow Bay a small historic shopping precinct near the wharves where we enjoyed our best coffee on the trip so far. Then Darren checked out the Museum of North http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/British-Columbia/Prince-Rupert/blog-416494.html The NV Northern Explorer run by BC ferries from Port Hardy to Prince Rupert is a comfortable way to travel through the Inner Passage on Canada's west coast over 15 hours. The trip is mostly through protected waters sheltered by dozens of islands. We saw two humpback whales from a distance and heard Captain alerts for orcas and porpoises but no success in spotting these. The weather was fine http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/British-Columbia/Prince-Rupert/blog-416490.html Da isser wieder Und jaaaaa er lebt nochDiesmal meld ich mich mal nich von Vancouver Island sondern bin schon weiter nach Norden gekommen...immer weiter Richtung AlaskaHab leidder keinen Job im Strathcona Park gefunden und bin daher nach Port Hardy getrampt und hab da gestern die Faehre nach Prince Rupert genommen wo ich grad inner Bib sitze und euch schreibe Da auf dieser besch.... Buecher http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/British-Columbia/Prince-Rupert/blog-412610.html ....we got a reservation on the ferry. We had to get to the ferry terminal by 5 am and believe it or not we made it. Unfortunately the day is cloudy and overcast so we can't see much of the scenery. We can see the trees along the shoreline and occasionally the clouds will part enough to hint and more spectacular views behind but that's about it. This has been the only cloudy day of the trip http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/British-Columbia/Prince-Rupert/blog-306530.html Our route http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/British-Columbia/Prince-Rupert/blog-305255.html Three weeks in we thought it was about time we let you know where we were and what we were up to in case you were interested. Starting on the 7th July after a week in Toronto we entered the US via Niagara falls. After a brief stop at the US boarder for the expected interrogation and retina scan the car whose name is Nester was broke He refused to start and needed to be jump started by an an http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/British-Columbia/Prince-Rupert/blog-304838.html