Feb 06 2012
Feb 05 2012
As Lynn says “Stunning views of beautiful Knights Inlet from the float plane. We were so sad to leave after an unforgettable few days. We will be back!!” and “Geese taking off in the inside passage, a Humpback Whale blowing in the distance. In the background is Vancouver Island.” I missed the humpback in the background.
Whether viewing coastal British Columbia from an airplane or taking a “goose’s eye view” the scenery is worth the trip. There are many “TV” shows about flying over England, Ireland, Canada etc. ours is included and in “real time”. The 45 minute flight is a part of the experience that staff rarely experiences as we arrive by boat. For Lynn the airplane ride was the start of the wildlife viewing experience while the departing geese likely occurred on the whale watching day.
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Feb 04 2012
These Northern or stellar sealions are majestic. But they are also noisy and they smell if you are down wind. Only guests passionate about sealions want to eat their lunch in the area. Still a day watching whales is not complete without a visit to their rookery.
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Feb 03 2012
Please. This is a great site to visit to get a “guest eye view” of a trip to our lodge. Be sure that you do the whole five days that Rob has set up for his trip.
Click on this link
http://www.masey.com.au/2010/08/dream-grizzly-trip-day-one/
Also if you search “You Tube” using the keyword SAILCONE you can view some videos from and about the lodge.
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Feb 03 2012
This summer produces an abundance of Stellar (Northern) Sealions. Normally passing through the area in June and September on their round trip between California and Alaska. However this year we had twelve to eighteen sealions stay in the area all summer. These are always an added treat to a whale watching safari.
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Feb 02 2012
Normally a picture of a humpback whale’s tail will be one or the other of the above photos but not both. Good sequence on a whale watching day.
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Feb 01 2012
I can only describe this as the most perfect setting I have ever had lunch in. Beautiful perfectly calm sea, stunning scenery and total silence, but for the sound of the Humpbacks surfacing & blowing SO close to the boat.
Yet more Humpbacks near the boat!!”
Lynn is right but the key to “great pictures” is patience. On our whale watching day we often sit and have lunch in the same areas that the humpback whales are feeding. By being still in one area (motors turned off) we pose no threat or danger and end up with some incredible memories.
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Jan 31 2012
This was an exceptional year for whale watching – humpback whale watching. There were ten plus whales in the area for most of the summer. Sitting off of Bold Head and letting the whales come to us produced some good pictures. The boat in the background belongs to Susan (Prop Wash) who spends the summer in our area of the British Columbia coast watching HBs.
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Jan 30 2012
This photo just sums up the beauty and tranquillity of Knights Inlet – the flat calm water, kelp and a bald eagle on a small island in the early morning mist. Just stunning!!”
I may move the boat but the credit for the photo goes to Lynn.
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Jan 29 2012
Thank you, Lynn for the compliment although we do try hard we cannot take credit for the scenery.
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