2014 Rudy & Beth Summer Road Trip Day 4

Port Hardy to Prince Rupert

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Inland Passage

Well we had to get up at 4:30 to be at the ferry dock at 5:30 to depart at 7:30 only to arrive at Prince Rupert at 12:30 AM the next day.  The ferry isn't that old and it was built in Germany.  It's all 220 volt so it was good we brought the converter to plug in our electro junk.  No internet and no cell signal, ya gotta love it.  This is why this post is a day later than normal.  The passage did not disappoint with over 300 miles of wilderness so close it felt like you could touch it.  Lots of critters: eagles, orcas, porpoises, an grey whales.

The bike got parked and strapped down, good thing too, we had some pretty good wave action at the beginning.  Beth is ready to head upstairs to explore the ferry.

A rainbow made our departure a hopeful occasion after some pretty good rain to start the day.

Beth decided to lay back and do some reading after she almost skunked me in a crib game.

We saw plenty of light houses and navigational buoys on the way.  They did announcements on the ferry to explain a bit of the history of the areas we were passing.  All in all it was a marvelous day, soggy as it was.  We arrived at about 12:30 and scooted off to our hotel for a late night stay.