Bella Bella/Shearwater

A 4-day layover in Bella Bella to get to Prince Rupert — because clearly no one goes from Bella Coola to Prince Rupert (the BC ferries Chief Steward informed me that there are roads for that — only 8hrs! She couldn't imagine how this may take us weeks camping with kids). So, long story short, arrived in Bella Bella, essentially drove a hiking trail in search of a forestry road tent spot. Decided to haul a fraction of our stuff on the seabus to a "campsite" on Shearwater. 

Thank you to Par and Johan Domeij for inspiring us to do this by sail boat next time (and how silly that we've come to the most amazing archipelago with an inappropriate vehicle!).

Thank you also to Angela and family for going out of their way to accommodate us for a night in Bella Bella. We've been seriously humbled by the generosity these Bella Bellians have showed to complete strangers 🙏

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Last reported position

The last reported position of our intrepid adventurers, on Tue Jul 23 2019 02:09:09 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) was:
Latitude: 54.2408129
Longitude: -130.132671
British Columbia, Canada
Full route map: https://whereami-167313.appspot.com/

Last reported position

The last reported position of our intrepid adventurers, on Mon Jul 22 2019 07:38:10 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) was:
Latitude: 54.2977086
Longitude: -130.3430916
British Columbia, Canada
Full route map: https://whereami-167313.appspot.com/

I love B.C. Ferries!

After a nice long break in the Great Bear Rainforest, we're on our way to Prince Rupert.

The ferries are comfortable and spacious. The views are out of this world. The staff are amazing. Bonus: when a fellow passenger is a psycho child hating @$&!!? crotchety crazy old man, you get upgraded to a private cabin for your pain and suffering.

We have a few days in Prince Rupert before heading to Haida Gwaii. We've seen some amazing things, and met some wonderful people - Haida Gwaii is going to have to work hard to top the last week and a bit.

Bad internet is worse than no internet

Shearwater, on Denny Island has been a surprisingly pleasant stay.

Shearwater is not designed for us. It's designed for people with boats. A campsite exists, but everyone was taken by surprise that someone wanted to use it.

When we arrived we were at a loss as to what we'd do for the next few days, but it soon changed. People on Denny Island and Campbell Island are incredibly friendly. Before we knew it we were getting invited to stay with people, and going on personalized tours with locals.

But man oh man, 1st world problems, the internet and coverage at Shearwater was really bad.

Last reported position

The last reported position of our intrepid adventurers, on Sun Jul 21 2019 06:16:37 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) was:
Latitude: 52.167063
Longitude: -128.1477862
British Columbia, Canada
Full route map: https://whereami-167313.appspot.com/

Shearwater

We are on an island I did not even know existed until about a week ago. And we are only here because it has a "campsite" and Bella Bella doesn't. It is so small that between the people we met on the ferry to Bella Bella and others on the (free!) seabus over, it feels like we know half the island. The other half helped us get alllll our gear up the hill to our piece of green grass (aka campsite). This place seems to have attracted some interesting cool people from all over the globe. 

Pic: off the seabus with too much stuff.

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