Fishing Pedder Bay, British Columbia

Laura Domela — Tue, 15 Jul 2014 20:51:34 +0000

This morning we got up pretty early and did a few hours of work before we took a mid-day fishing break and went out to look for some salmon in Pedder Bay with our guide, Chris.

Those are the Olympics there in the background, and the Olympic Peninsula.

Straight out of the bay we were treated to a large pod of Orcas as they passed right by us:

We caught four fish: one baby halibut, two wild Coho, and a small Spring Chinook. None of them were keepers, but all of them were fun to catch! Here's a wiggly photo of the largest wild Coho:

Oh yeah, also, we saw two bald eagles chasing and then attacking a huge crane! The crane landed in the water and the eagles kept at him. The crane would duck into the water each time an eagle bombed him, and eventually one of the eagles flew off. The other continued to attack, but pretty soon two seagulls started attacking the eagle and while the eagle was distracted by those seagulls, the giant crane flew off. Super weird and interesting (and we were really glad we didn't have to witness the eagles killing the crane, because for a few minutes that's what it looked like was going to happen). I know, they gotta eat too, and maybe the crane was injured, but I really didn't want to see that. Pretty nice of those distractor seagulls to save the day!

We're back at camp working now, while a nice little deer munches on the bushes right outside our Airstream door:

Pedder Bay Marina, British Columbia

Laura Domela — Sun, 13 Jul 2014 19:01:03 +0000

We're all set up in our new campsite at Pedder Bay Marina and it's lovely.

We left our spot in Bellingham at 6am this morning and caught the 8:25am ferry from Anacortes to Sidney, BC.

The M/V Chelan:

We pretty quickly headed into a fog bank and couldn't see much for the beginning of the ride:

Eventually it cleared and we had a gorgeous view going through the San Juan Islands. We made a quick stop in Friday Harbor on San Juan Island to pick up a few more passengers:

Canadian waters:

Welcome to Sidney, BC:

Pedder Bay Marina's RV Resort is very nice!

Some of the waterfront spots look out over the marina, and some (like ours) look out over the back bay. Here's the marina:

And this is the view from our home sweet home:

Later in the afternoon we headed over to East Sooke to do a hike out in East Sooke Park. We parked at the Pike Road entrance (the furthest west) and took the trail out to the beach.

The land all the way across is the Olympic Peninsula:

We hiked back up and caught the Coast Trail for a bit. Rocky and challenging in spots (but fun), the views were like this:

…and this:

Great hike! Afterwards, we drove on around the point as far as we could, and found this:

Back at camp now, we're cooking up some chicken and asparagus for dinner. The tide came in and we've got a regular bay out here now:

Pedder Bay – Riveted

Fishing Pedder Bay, British Columbia

Pedder Bay Marina, British Columbia