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| One of the new Hybrid Ferries running from Pt. McNeil to Alert Bay |
Early up this morning to take Ruby for a walk. She goes absolutely nuts toward a boat that
is parked two in front of us and I see why, there is a newborn baby harbour
seal in the cockpit. I am wondering if
it was born there last night? Its 5:30
am so too early to wake up the owners.
Around 7:30 am I walk over there (minus Ruby) and knock on their boat to
see if they are aware that this baby seal pup is caterwauling for its mom. It still has part of its umbilical cord
hanging on. Such a cute little pup. So
sad that momma couldn’t hear the yowling of her young.
The owner of the boat wakes up and tells me they hauled him
out of the water last night as he was barely clinging to a log and kept
sinking. They managed to get some milk
into him and started to get a hold of wildlife rescue. No such thing in Port McNeil, so I asked when
he was leaving and where was he heading….to Vancouver he says. Well, there is the Aquarium sea mammal
rescue, perhaps he could drop this wee one off there. No one knows where the pup floated in from and
if the mom could hear him, don’t know why she wasn’t swimming around the
marina. So rather than see the pup die,
he took it with him to Vancouver. Thank
you sir whoever you are, was a nice gesture you showed by doing this. Nature would have taken the pup away or the
flock of bald eagles would have had their way with the pup.
So a few top up groceries, a load of laundry. Well, things just never go the way you
plan. I was planning on taking the dark
brown speckled bananas and making muffins and that was going to be the extent
of my afternoon. Maybe a nap. Was not to be. Gayle and I get a call at the laundromat that
the winds are a coming and we are leaving.
Forecast gale-force winds SE 20 – 30 knots have us making the long run
around Cape Caution.
We headed out at 2:00 pm and made it into Smith Inlet – Fly
Basin for 7:00 pm. Seas were relatively
calm with no chop, but a long and low swell.
We head into Fly basin for the night.
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