Late yesterday evening we crossed over to Canadian waters. A small, yet powerful boat, came out of the blue headed straight for the ship. It pulled up alongside while going full throttle. The American pilot jumped off the ship and the Canadian pilot jumped on. . . at some point. We awoke in Prince Rupert, British Columbia. It is the land, air, and water transportation hub of British Columbia’s North Coast, and has a population of 12,220 people as of 2016. These pics may look like I touched them up but it is testament to the changing light throughout the day, another feature of the Inside Passage.

We were only in port for 45 minutes while immigration came on board and checked all the documents. Then we headed out for a day aboard cruising the Inside Passage. We often think we have to do something different every day of a vacation. I could cruise through the Inside Passage for three, four, five days and never be tired of it. And yes, we saw the obligatory whales.