We have snaked out of the U.S. and back into B.C. MV Imperial Shadow spent the day in Prince Rupert, while we ventured forth to see cetaceans from yet another catamaran.

Again it was a day of miraculous sun. It’s almost drought conditions here, and I’ll return to New Mexico full of tales of the Inside Passage and its balmy subtropical climate. Friends will show up in their tropical shirts and Bermuda shorts, only to spend days with jets of freezing water shooting down their necks.