morning, with Dall’s porpoises and Mount Waddington

At 6 a.m., this was the view from my cabin. We spent the night at Southgate Bluff, right at the head of Bute Inlet. And now we’re heading down the inlet, with stops planned to pick stuff up, drop off other stuff. Yesterday, a brief swim at Purcell Point, the water cold but wonderful, and then we watched the 70,000 Chinook smolts leave the freighter for their immersion in the Southgate River. I’m on the top deck, drinking my second cup of coffee, and about 10 Dall’s porpoises just swam by. Mount Waddington was so beautiful in the first light, a little wreath of cloud around its base.