Sea beast

So today again started as any other.  Cat was being a pain, wake up, go to work.  I got up and saw that it was very cool this morning at home.  Wasn't the case here.  It was bright and sunny.  It was 8 degrees when I went to work.  The day was very slow.  The clinic was closed today meaning no new patients, and people rarely come in unless the doctors are seeing them that day or they are coming from their appointment.  Needless to say, the day actually went by pretty quick.  I came home for lunch and relax for an hour.  Then went back to work.

During the day I was asked by one of the locum doctors if I wanted to go kayaking after work.  I agreed and we met up about 4:30 and took off.  We went towards the ferry in hopes of seeing a whale somewhere on our trip.  Along the way I told him that there was a graveyard just in shore in the forest.  So when we got there we stopped and got out and ventured around looking at all the old graves.  After doing that we continued on our way across the bay to the ferry terminal and then on to the moutah of the creek where the salmon are running.  They are looking very sickly and near the end of their lives.  They are staring to turn white and their eyes are getting cloudy.  I tried catching a couple from the kayak but its a whole different ball game doing it from sea level than on shore perched above them.  You are more on their level and don't have quite the leverage needed for a good catch.  We hung around there for a bit before deciding to come back.  We were trying to make the sea bus to Shearwater and go out for supper as its his last weekend here for a while.  So we started back.  Then we heard a pffffffff!! (humpback whale spouting).  So after all the talk of seeing a whale on kayaks we had at least heard one.  So we stopped paddling and waited to see if we could see the whale.  He came up again this time a little closer to us.  It was super cool.  We waited some more hoping that he would come even closer to us, for optimum picture taking possibilities, unfortunately this happened the only time I didn't take my camera kayaking.  He came up again but this time it was behind us.  We kept watching and the whale continued south towards Vancouver.  We finally left the ferry for home at 6, and since he was expecting a phone call at 6:30 and we were trying to make the 7 o'clock sea bus, we had to hoof it.  We made it back to town in record time.  We beached the kayaks exactly at 6:30, in time for his phone call.

After we put the gear away I came home for a quick shower to wash the salt off and then it was off again to the pier to catch the bus.  We went over and had a delicious supper with the pharmacy tech, Ryan the doctor and a dentist who is here for the week.  I of course had the bacon cheese burger and Sonja had a chicken burger.  We hung out over there and talked while we waited for the bus back.  We also played a few games of pool.  But since we were so immersed in our pool game we had to wait for another hour for the next bus back to Bella Bella.  So we played more pool.  It was fun.  A good and different way to spend a Friday night.  We also met some of the local teachers who were over there for supper as well.

But as it is late, as is this post I am off to bed.  Tomorrow we are off for a hike.  I was told by Ryan that there is a boardwalk behind the town, by the reservoir so were are going to go there.  Apparently its a pretty good walk that comes out behind the school.  Thats all for today.

Tyler