WHALECOME ABOARD
Right now if you were on board Orion this is what you'd be hearing, "you guys this is happening, we are going to Haida Gwaii, we are all onboard and the boat is moving" over and over again. Sometimes it is screamed with excitement and other times it is said quietly in amazement. For the most part this isn't quite real to anyone yet. Six weeks and hundreds of miles searching for a whale in a haystack. But it's true, the voyage has begun! These first few days have been a lot of
Pro Visioning a.k.a. you want to find a whale you better bring some beans
"Ships and sailors rot in port" We are going to go ahead and change that to "ships and sailors shop in port" because thats what we've done all week. 17 pounds of coffee, a thousand pounds of camera gear and a metric ton of black beans. All need to be safely stowed in the next twenty four hours. We are not sure what to expect when we get north and west of Vancouver Island although we are anticipating getting wet. Stories of epically long rain storms and epically splashy wav
