Port Hardy/ Quatsino. Sept 19, 2024

Woke up to cloudy and over caste, with some light rain.

Took Suki for her walk she did not like this lumber jack.

He is a pretty big fellow.

Started our adventure with a quick stop at Home Hardware for hiking necessaries.

Rumors have it Dave's lot is over grown with blackberry bushes. This is the same Home Hardware Dave bought his building supplies to build his cabin. Keep in mind I use the word cabin very closely.

Made it to Coal Harbour. This place has an interesting history. As the name suggests coal  plays a part. Unfortunatly the coal was poor quality and the mines closed. In its day it was a site of whale hunting. It was also an RAF training site for pilots in WWII. 

 We caught the mail boat to Quatsino from here.

And our captain Kevin.

It was full on raining on the trip over.

No rain Quatsino!

Boat stopped on one dock to drop off the mail.  Then to the dock at the lodge to drop off the other passenger. We got off here too.

Then the hiking began.

This little road runs through Quatsino. It does ho any where it  just connected the few homes here. He spent most of 3 hours hiking. We walked a path up  from the beach on Dave's property. We stumbled across a place where they grow trucks.

This one is just about ready for picking. Also found this cabin up there with no road in or out.

Now some photos of Dave's lot.

From the road

 Part way  down from the neighbors lot.

Do you  see the blue. It's what's left of the cabin.

Munched on these.

Made it to the end of the road.

The whole place felt mgical. Pristine was the word we kept using.The  trees 🌳, the ocean 🌊. The quiet of the place, only the sounds of nature.

And you can see the wind. I watched the tops of the trees as the wind made its way towards me.  So quiet you could hear the leaves falling. I really loved this place.

We left happy and exhausted.. 

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