Day 31: Prince Rupert to Ft. Hardy via Ferry

July 22, 2014

Good morning from the ferry terminal at Prince Rupert!
Also see me sporting the new highvis that I found on the side of the road to replace the one that I lost in New Aiyansh.

Shortest day of biking so far: less than 1 km from our stealth spot to the ferry, and then less than 1 km from the ferry to our new stealth spot.

Longest day of travel: But we made over 300 via ferry!

In the middle of the night, we heard crunching between our tents. Turns out it was a porcupine munching on blackberry twigs!

We were extremely fortunate to have the first blue skies since New Aiyansh. That made for good viewing of the other boats out on the ocean.

And of the steep cliffs that line the narrow channels we passed through.



We also saw orca whales, porpoises, and a couple humpback whales.





We were on there a long time, so we took several naps.


We met Marcus, a Canadian who is hitchhiking and longboarding his way down through Vancouver island. I liked him a lot because he is an environmental activist, and a fun guy to talk to.

This was our first time seeing Bill, a cyclist from North Carolina. I say first time because we had a habit of saying goodbye to Bill, only to see him a few days later. He has inspired us to do the Great Divide mountain bike route after he showed some photos of him riding it. Great guy!

We got to the terminal sometime after 11:00 and went down the road less than 1 km to a public boat landing where we said goodbye to Bill and set up camp with Marcus.