September 2012 - Macktush Port Alberni

September 7th 

 

Last night at around 7 pm, we were privileged to see 5 humpback whales feeding and playing right in front of our campsite about 100 feet out from the beach!  Spectacular.  Of course there was no one in camp to see it except us as all the weekenders were not here and a lot of people have pulled out for the season with kids going back to school.

Here are a few pictures.  They played for about an hour eating all of the coho that have come in.

September 9th

It has been a busy week, three times into town (2x to Nanaimo) for various appointments etc. The boat has gone to the mechanic today for it's inspection and winterization. More stuff taken to storage this week. Time is sure going by fast. We expect to leave for the states by the 20th of October if all the appointments get finished with. Ray has a few more Pain Clinic appointments and then we are done! We hope to move out of the campsite on September 30th. The final communal party, the "rip and tear" will be held this Saturday at S & S time's lot. Most people have already left. I bet Ray and I are close to the last ones there by the end of the month. We are not minding the sunny days and quiet of it all.

                                                So busy had to party with Taunia and Wyatt


It also got rather busy over at the FFP mill. They're salvaging a barge that broke it's back on some rocks. Looks like some welding caught fire.

 

September 24th

 Well it's done.  the campsite is officially put to bed for another year. Here is what our heated storage looks like!

Freya's making sure she's included with this load!

That's all our house and MackTush stuff in there!

We have moved out in the open on the dryland sort for the next week to "fine tune" living on the road.  Our last day here will be next Sunday, September 30th.  We will move to Taunia and Jason's house for a few days before heading out on the plane to Saskatoon for Thanksgiving with Jason and Kristi.  We will return on October 10th, visit with Garrett and Sandra in Squamish, say goodbye to Ray's mom and my Dad and then on Friday October 12th pick up the trailer at Arbutus in Nanaimo and head to Victoria to get on the Coho Ferry on Saturday the 13th to Port Angeles.  Here are a few pics of our new view out of the back window of the fifth.

The humpback whales (up to 5 at a time) have graced us daily back and forth in front of the campsite.  None however, have been as close as when we took the pictures two weeks ago.  So Cool!

September 22nd

 Before heading out we invited Mike and Silvia Wolff, the camp managers for dinner.

Trust me, I didn't pull her finger!